varicella zoster virus Posts on Medivizor

Posted by Kathleen Hoffman on Apr 17, 2017 in Blog | 5 comments

If you have had chicken pox,  you might get shingles later in life.  Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus (also called the varicella zoster virus).  After you have had chicken pox, the zoster virus stays in your body and lying dormant.  For 1 in 3 people in the US, the virus activates and causes shingles. The symptoms of shingles are pain,...