10 Things You Should Know About Shingles
Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you’ve had chickenpox, the virus stays dormant in your body and is typically expressed in adults as Shingles. This rash is expressed along certain nerves in your body leading to severe pain. Unfortunately, about 1 person for every 5 people with the Shingles will suffer from long term nerve pain (also known as post-herpetic neuralgia) even after the rash has healed. Shingles is not contagiou