What is Shingles,What causes Shingles, How is it transmitted, and how is treated.

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What is Shingles, What causes Shingles, How is it transmitted, and how is treated.

While researching on shingles, I found that extensive research has been done on shingles. This paper will elaborate what is shingles, transmission and how it can be treated. To achieve this in have divide my research into four main sections. In the first section I define what shingles is and I highlight some of the symptoms. The second section highlights the causes while the third section elaborates more on transmission methods. I conclude my paper with the fourth section that explains about treatment methods

SHINGLES

I found out that shingles is a disease caused by the reactivation of the dormant varicella zoster virus in the nervous systems. Some of the main symptoms include headache,malaise,fever and swollen lymph glands. Approximately one million people in America are infected with shingles.

CAUSES OF SHINGLES

While doing my research, I found out that shingles is caused by the dormant varicella zoster virus in the nervous systems. This is the same virus that causes chicken pox. People with a weakened immune system and also the aged are at a higher risk of getting shingles.

HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED

The varicella zoster virus is transmitted when a person comes into direct contact with the fluid that comes from the rash blisters. A person with active blisters is the one capable of spreading the virus to others. The virus mutates from chicken pox then to shingles.Transmission only occurs when someone is in contact with the blisters

HOW IT IS TREATED

Shingles can be prevented by use of a vaccine. In October 2017, the American Food And Drug Agency approved Shingrix as a vaccine to prevent shingles.Vast majority of cases can be managed at home but if it becomes severe antiviral medication is recommended.

WORKS CITED

Rahier, Jean-François, et al. "European evidence-based Consensus on the prevention, diagnosis and management of opportunistic infections in inflammatory bowel disease." Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 3.2 (2009): 47-91.