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Prevention List

Prevention could include:
  • zoster vaccine live

Prevention Overview Articles

Herpes zoster
Avoid contact with the skin lesions of persons with known herpes zoster infection (shingles or chickenpox) if you have never had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine. This is especially true if your immune system is compromised. The chickenpox (va...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 26, 2006
Shingles
Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus that causes chickenpox , the varicella zoster vi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Shingles
Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus that causes chickenpox , the Varicella zoster vi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Specific Prevention Articles

On call: More on the shingles vaccine
Your article on new immunizations for adults was helpful. I got my booster for tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough, but even though I'm 61, my doctor didn't want to give me the shingles vaccine because I've already had it. Should I get the vaccine?
Source:StayWell
By the way, doctor: Should I get the shingles vac...
I'm 67 and had shingles four years ago. Am I immune to it now? If not, should I get the new shingles vaccine?
Source:StayWell
Ask The Doctor (02-07-2008)
I am 60 years old. I don't have a spleen due to an accident at age 24. I had shingles as a youngster. Should I get the shingles vaccination?
Source:StayWell
The shingles vaccine: Why hasn't it caught on?
The shingles vaccine Zostavax has not turned out to be as popular as was expected, due in part to its high cost and questions about its effectiveness.
Source:StayWell
In brief: Shingles vaccine shows promise in large...
A new vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster) may be available by next spring if approved by the FDA.
Source:StayWell
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