what are shingles/

United States
February 24, 2011 4:11am CST
Where do they come from? What causes them? Why are they so painful? Are they cureable?
1 response
soapies1973
@soapies1973 (931)
• United States
24 Feb 11
Shingles are dormant chicken pox. Shingles usually come out decades later. They are painful. They will go away.
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soniaheavenzsent
@soniaheavenzsent (31)
• United States
25 Feb 11
Thank God. I hope they stay gone. Thanx, Dr. told me stress,has alot to do w/it. However he says basically remain a mystery. Thanks!
Professor2010
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
13 Nov 11
Hello I didnot had any idea about this, from your response i could knew, this is the charm of mylot, we get so much knowledge here. Thanks for sharing Have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘@Bhuwan@’. .
sid556
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
13 Nov 11
Hi Professor, They usually come about in an older person but they can also come out in a younger person who had only a very mild case of the chicken pox as a child. My daughter got them when she was about 8. She had chicken pox when she was about 3 and got only a couple of spots and we thought we were lucky. What we didn't know is that she was a perfect candidate for the Shingles. Aveeno baths help.