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Mens Health Update: Shingles!
The Mens Health Update team has received numerous requests for an article on this serious, uncomfortable and painful condition.
If you have ever had chickenpox in the past, then you are at risk for shingles. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that one in three people will develop shingles in their lifetime. In the U.S., that’s an estimated one million people every year.
Medically known as Herpes Zoster, shingles is a localized, blistering rash which can become painful. It’s caused by a herpes virus called varicella zoster — the same virus which causes chickenpox.
When a person recovers from chickenpox the virus does not just go away. It hides away in the nerve roots of your body and can reactivate years later.
Symptoms include itching, tingling, pain and a blistering rash. Itching and pain can occur before the rash appears. The rash can appear on the face, neck, trunk, arms or legs and usually crusts over in two to three weeks, but may last up to one month.
It is believed that the majority of people age 40 or older have had chickenpox. Shingles in itself is not contagious. So saying, if you have not had chickenpox or the varicella vaccine, avoid touching the rash of a person with shingles. If you touch the rash of a person with shingles and have not had chickenpox or the varicella vaccine, you could get chickenpox.
The most common and challenging problem with shingles is the pain which can be extreme. The pain and effects of shingles can last weeks, months or even years.
Other types of shingles include ‘Ramsay Hunt syndrome’. This occurs when shingles affect the facial nerve close to the ear. It can cause facial muscle weakness or deafness of the affected ear. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus can lead to eye pain, blurred vision or even temporary or permanent blindness.
If you suspect that you have shingles seek a medical opinion immediately. Treatment should be started within 72 hours of symptoms occurring and include medication for pain and antiviral medications. Your doctor will have the latest and most up-to-date treatments for shingles – this is not a ‘wait and see’ type of condition, I repeat, if you suspect that you have shingles seek a medical opinion immediately.
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