For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.
Shingles strikes one million Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although shingles is best known for its characteristic one-sided, blistering skin rash, occasionally it produces no skin manifestations at all, a condition doctors call “zoster sine herpete.
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Shingles, a common name for herpes zoster, results from reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox within sensory nerve roots of the back and spine.
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Swelling is a prominent feature of all fever blisters. In the June 9, 2008 edition of “Archives of Internal Medicine,” Northeastern Ohio University dermatologist Dr. Christina Cernik explains that mild swelling precedes the appearance of a fever blister.
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Upset stomach and diarrhea strike almost everyone from time to time. Common causes include food-borne illness, viral infections and even life stress. In most cases, symptoms resolve without treatment.
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Shingles strikes 1 million Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with most cases reported among individuals older than 50.
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Shingles is a common name for the disease known as herpes zoster. It results, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians, when the virus that causes chicken pox reactivates within clusters of sensory nerves near the spinal cord.
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