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Understanding Shingles: Symptoms & Treatment

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and causes a painful rash, usually on one side of the torso. Symptoms include pain, numbness, tingling, and a red rash that develops into fluid-filled blisters. To cure shingles, one can take cool baths, use wet compresses, calamine lotion, capsaicin, or baking soda to relieve symptoms and shorten the infection.

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Understanding Shingles: Symptoms & Treatment

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and causes a painful rash, usually on one side of the torso. Symptoms include pain, numbness, tingling, and a red rash that develops into fluid-filled blisters. To cure shingles, one can take cool baths, use wet compresses, calamine lotion, capsaicin, or baking soda to relieve symptoms and shorten the infection.

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Overview Symptoms How to Cure

Shingles is a viral infection that The signs and symptoms


causes a painful rash. Although
shingles can occur anywhere on
of shingles usually affect
your body, it most often appears only a small section of  Take a cool bath
as a single stripe of blisters that one side of your body.
wraps around either the left or These signs and
the right side of your torso.  Use a wet compress
symptoms may include:
Shingles is caused by the
varicella-zoster virus — the  Use calamine lotion.
 Pain, burning,
same virus that causes
chickenpox. After you've had numbness or
chickenpox, the virus lies tingling  Rely on capsaicin
inactive in nerve tissue near your
spinal cord and brain. Years  Sensitivity to touch  Use baking soda or
later, the virus may reactivate as
shingles.  A red rash that cornstarch on the
begins a few days sores.
While it isn't a life-threatening
condition, shingles can be very
after the pain
painful. Vaccines can help
reduce the risk of shingles, while  Fluid-filled blisters
early treatment can help shorten that break open and
a shingles infection and lessen crust over
the chance of complications.
 Itching

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