Shingles pain symptoms
Shingles pain is a infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, leading to an eruption of vesicles and flaccid shady topography in unilateral characteristic root, accompanied by sensory nerve disorders, and frequently leaving painful scars after the symptoms dissapear.
Shingles is a manifestation of recurrent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in individuals infected years ago by a chickenpox (herpes viridae). After this primary infection, VZV remains latent in the ganglia of sensory spinal nerve roots and posterior sensory ganglia of cranial nerves. Age, cancer diseases, radiation, cytotoxic treatment, intercurrent infection, certain neurological disorders, injury to the spine, HIV and other diseases that weaken the immune system, the use of immunosuppressive drugs (cyclosporine and corticosteroids ) and the effect of stress or emotional stress can trigger shingles ...
There is a high incidence of shingles patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation and patients infected with HIV.