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Shingles Vaccine may Avert Stroke Risk: Study

Shingles is bad enough on its own, but the painful illness may also increase your risk of stroke. Conversely, getting immunized against shingles can help prevent stroke, particularly among older adults, reports a new study. ,The findings of the ...

Exposure to Chickenpox Lowers Your Risk of Shingles

Adults are at 30 percent lower risk of developing shingles (herpes zoster) even 20 years later when they are exposed to a child with chickenpox (varicella), reveals a study in The BMJ . The results support the theory that re-exposure to the ...

Vaccinating Elders Against Shingles Cost-effective in Canada

Vaccinating elder patients against shingles is cost-effective in Canada and Shingrix vaccine provides better protection compared to the Zostavax vaccine, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . The study ...

New Shingles Vaccine Decreased Occurrence in Patients Who Had Stem Cell Transplantation: Study

New, nonlive shingles vaccine decreased the occurrence of shingles (herpes zoster) among patients who had undergone stem cell transplantation with their own stem cells, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal ...

New Vaccine to Prevent Shingles Among Cancer Patients

Blood cancer patients who got treated with chemotherapy are at an increased risk of developing shingles, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases . The findings may help guide efforts to prevent the often ...

Here's How to Lower Shingles Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

The risk of shingles increases as you get older. The shingles vaccine elicits robust immune responses in patients when administered several weeks prior to the start of treatment with the arthritis drug tofacitinib, shows new research. Study has shed ...

Shingles Patients At An Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

A person's risk of stroke and heart attack increases, when he or she contracts shingles, which is a reactivation of the chickenpox virus, reveals a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. According to the ...

New Insights on the Causes That Increase Shingles Risk

Varicella zoster virus infections can cause chickenpox. However, the virus could remain dormant in the nervous system and can be reactivated to cause herpes zoster, shingles. This is characterized by a painful skin rash and blisters that ...

Government Mandated Vaccination Reduces Chickenpox Cases

The number of Google searches for chickenpox, the common childhood disease has a sharp drop in countries which implement government-mandated vaccinations. That's one of the findings from a new University of Michigan-led study that analyzed thousands ...

Childhood Asthma may Increase the Risk of Shingles in Adulthood

Nearly 1 million incidences of herpes zoster, which is also known as shingles, occur every year in the U.S., with an estimated one-third of all adults affected by age of 80 years. Despite its prevalence, particularly between ages 50 and 59 years, it ...

Older Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease can be Protected With Shingles Vaccine

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash that affects one in three adults, It is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. With end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the kidneys stop working, ...

Herpes Zoster Vaccine Effective Against Shingles After Chemotherapy

Protecting older adults against shingles could be possible with herpes zoster vaccine, even after they undergo chemotherapy, reveals Kaiser Permanente study published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases . Researchers examined ...

Patients in Need of Vaccine Against Shingles Don't Get It

A paper suggested that the people are not entitled to vaccination due to safety concerns when they are at the highest risk of shingles are those with immunosuppressive conditions such as HIV. Researchers say alternative strategies are needed ...

Shingles Infection Increases Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Later Years

An attack of shingles at early age could increase the risk of having a stroke or heart attack years later, says a study. Reactivation of chicken pox virus causes shingles that is evidenced by fiery rash and painful blisters. Following an ...

Shingles Vaccine Effective for Both Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia

Though associated with a reduction in both herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia, the uptake of shingles vaccine in the US is low. A vaccine to prevent shingles may reduce by half the occurrence of this painful skin and nerve infection in ...

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Test Your Knowledge on Chickenpox

Chickenpox is one of the common infectious diseases in our country which spreads through the tiny droplets of saliva and nasal mucus in the sneezes and coughs of an infected person. However, there are many doubts that we still have about the ...

Postherpetic Neuralgia

Postherpetic neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that occurs following shingles or herpes zoster.

Monkeypox

Monkeypox infection is a zoonotic viral infection that usually lasts for 3 weeks. It is caused by the monkeypox virus and is characterized by rash or pox-like symptoms.

Home Remedies For Chickenpox

Natural home remedies for chickenpox offers you simple and natural methods to treat chicken pox, a common infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Calamine lotion, neem leaves, baking soda, honey, vinegar can help reduce itching.