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Shingles and Family Heredity |
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Written by Barbara Messner
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You are at higher risk of getting Shingles if any of your family members have had the disease and the closer on the family tree you are to the family member with Shingles, the more at risk you are.
About ShinglesShingles is a disease you can get if you’ve had Chickenpox. If you are sixty and over, you’re increasing age makes you more prone to the disease. But it can strike anyone. Shingles symptoms include flu-like aches and pains. Severe pain is a symptom, as are the telltale small blisters or a rash. This disease is highly contagious until the rash and/or watery blisters scab over. The pain of Shingles can last long after the rash disappears. You can get Shingles more than once. |
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Shingles Medical Treatment |
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Written by Barbara Messner
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Treatment for Shingles focuses on pain management and topical medication for the rash, but the complications can be severe so make sure you see your doctor if you think you have Shingles.
About ShinglesShingles is a disease that targets those aged sixty or over, yet other ages can get the disease. If you’ve had Chickenpox, you can get Shingles. The flu-like symptoms include aches and pains, and these symptoms are usually accompanied by small blisters or a rash. The disease is highly contagious until the rash and/or watery blisters scab over. The pain of Shingles can last long after the rash disappears. You can get Shingles more than once. |
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Written by Barbara Messner
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Shingles is a disease that has a variety of symptoms and can affect people in varying ways and to different degrees of severity. This article will focus on a few of those stories. Shingles is a very diverse disease. It can affect ten people and each one of them will have a varied story to tell as far as the amount of rash or blisters, where the rash or blisters occurred, the amount of pain, how long the pain lasted, etc. |
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