Diseases that weaken your immune system such as cancer, HIV/AIDS can increase the risk that patients will suffer a shingles outbreak. Because cancer treatments will significantly weaken the immune system, those that have gone through chemotherapy or radiation are also at a higher risk for developing...
can pick up the virus by direct contact with the open sores of shingles. So keep a shingles rash covered and avoid contact with infants, as well as pregnant women who have never had chickenpox or the varicella vaccine and people who may have weak immune systems such as chemotherapy patients...
What causes the dormant virus to be activated is not completely clear, but it does seem to be related to a weakened immune system due to stress (psychological or physical), fatigue, certain medications (such as chemotherapy) and medical conditions such as cancer and HIV. The shingles rash ...
The likelihood of shingles is also higher in people taking medications that suppress the immune system, such as chemotherapy or steroids, or medications taken after an organ transplant.Most of the time, shingles begins with pain, burning, or tingling sensations and sensitivity, usually on one side...
Solid tumors also increase the risk (but slightly less than hematological cancer) and often while the patient is receiving chemotherapy, which is immunosuppressing.10 DISEASE MANAGEMENT Individuals who have active shingles can pass the virus to others who never had chicken pox or who are not vaccin...
herpes simplex viruses Herpes zoster How does shingles come? TOP depression cancer facial paralysis labyrinthitis Age over 50 years Physical or psychological stress Sleep deprivation Diabetes mellitus Cancer Chemotherapy Chronic diseases Use of immunosuppressive drugs ...
People with weakened immune systems such as people receiving immunosuppressive medications or undergoing chemotherapy, organ transplant recipients, and people with HIV These people are the most at risk for catching chickenpox. No touching with shingles!
Immune deficiency (from AIDS or chemotherapy) Emotional stress Cancer Up to 1,000,000 cases of shingles are estimated to occur each year in the U.S. Shingles Symptoms: Before the Rash The pain of shingles may develop even when there is no rash. The patient may experience tingling, burning...
Chemotherapy Radiation treatment Long term corticosteroid use Anti-rejection medication for transplant patients However, shingles often arises for no known reason even in a person without any of these contributing factors. Age seems to be a major risk factor and shingles is more frequently seen in th...
Immune deficiency (from AIDS or chemotherapy) Emotional stress Cancer Up to 1,000,000 cases of shingles are estimated to occur each year in the U.S. Shingles Symptoms: Before the Rash The pain of shingles may develop even when there is no rash. The patient may experience tingling, burning...