xiGuideline for Adult Immunization – 3rd Edition, Malaysia Society of Infectious Diseases and Chemotherapy (Published in October 2020, Revised in November 2023), Page 187
Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus or VZV), a member of the herpes family of viruses. After a person has chickenpox, the virus can live dormant in the nervous system in nerve fibers for life. Sometimes the virus remains dormant forever, but ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Poor immunity (in HIV/AIDS, blood cancer, such as lymphoma or leukemia, long-term treatment with steroids, chemotherapy or immunosuppressant therapy after organ transplantation Diabetes mellitustype 1 Chronic lung or kidney disease An autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus ...
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 ...
taking medications such as steroids, chemotherapy, or transplant-related immunosuppressives. having a weakened immune system having HIV Anyone with these conditions should avoid being near someone with shingles. People with shingles should cover the rash and wash their hands frequently and avoid direct ...
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Shinglesis an infection caused by the reactivation of the herpes zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. It can get reactivated for a number of reasons, includingaging(half of cases are in people 60 or older) or anything that weakens the immune system, such as HIV,chemoth...