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If you’ve ever known anyone who has had shingles, then you know you don’t want to get it! Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the chicken pox virus.   Shingles is painful, but preventable – that’s the good news. Shingles is 90% preventable when you’ve had the Shingles vaccine.       What Is Shingles?   The varicella-zoster virus is responsible for both chicken pox and shingles. You can only get shingles if you’ve previously had Chicken Pox.  Once the chicken pox virus is in your body, it never goes away, and it can appear later as shingles. Shingles create a rash of blisters with a red base that can be painful. It's also very contagious. Shingles usually runs its course in 7 to 10 days.  The most effective way to avoid getting shingles is by getting vaccinated.   Shingles Vaccine   The Shingrix vaccine for Shingles is considered more than 90% effective. Two doses of Shingrix are recommended for the prevention of shingles....

  Shingles is a viral disorder that leads to rashes on the skin. These rashes can be very painful. They appear only on one side of the body. In most of the cases, it is due to the reactivation of the chickenpox virus. People who have suffered from chickenpox earlier in their life tend to get shingles as the virus may remain in the nerve tissues of the spinal cord. This virus may resurface after some years in the form of shingles. The only way to prevent shingles is through vaccination. Shingles Vaccination service is available all around the globe at designated medical centres. Myths and Facts about Shingles Certain myths prevail among the masses concerning shingles. It seems that people have got wrong ideas and have not tried to reason and correct them. Here are a few myths and facts that will help you to understand what disorder shingles are: Myth : An older person is affected by shingles when he is reinfected by chickenpox. Fact: When your acute chickenpox term...