2006-07-21 17:03:49 · 18 answers · asked by The Drake 2 in Health ➔ Dental
I dont have shingles, but I was told you can contract it by not going to the dentist?
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2006-07-21 17:19:26 · update #1
thanx mompoo 10 puntos!
2006-07-21 17:31:49 · update #2
Shingles (herpes zoster) is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox — the varicella-zoster virus. The first sign of shingles is often burning or tingling pain, or sometimes numbness or itch, in one particular location on only one side of the body. After several days or a week, a rash of fluid-filled blisters, similar to chickenpox, appears in one area on one side of the body. Shingles pain can be mild or intense. Some people have mostly itching; some feel pain from the gentlest touch or breeze. The most common location for shingles is a band, called a dermatome, spanning one side of the trunk around the waistline. Anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk for shingles. Scientists think that in the original battle with the varicella-zoster virus, some of the virus particles leave the skin blisters and move into the nervous system. When the varicella-zoster virus reactivates, the virus moves back down the long nerve fibers that extend from the sensory cell bodies to the skin. The viruses multiply, the tell-tale rash erupts, and the person now has shingles.
2006-07-21 17:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by lustfulfaerie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-01 20:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-01 18:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by Johnson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had them about 6 years ago. My doctor told me an adult can contract shingles ONLY if they had chicken pox as a child. The shingles was in the back of my head under my hair. The pain and burning was horrible.
2006-07-21 17:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by Dee Dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shingles is a recurrence of chicken-pox in adults.
When we get chicken-pox as kids, it is because we have contracted a herpes virus called Varicella Zoster (or VZV for short). This virus lives in our nerves throughout our lives, and like Herpes Simplex-1 or 2, can make its way out of the cell bodies and make ulcers on our skin when the going is good, e.g. when our immune systems are weak during times of stress, illness, AIDS, etc.
2006-07-22 05:06:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fail to see the relevance in contracting it if you don't go to a dentist. First of all, you have to have had chicken pox already before you can get the virus for shingles. 2nd of all you get shingles from being exposed to the chicken pox virus for the 2nd time, and it manifests as shingles. 3rd, you can get it in your mouth, too, if you have been exposed. 4th, you should probably see a dentist regardless, so your teeth don't rot out of your mouth.
2006-07-21 17:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't have chicken pox's when you were a kid.
It comes back as shingles when your an adult.
2006-07-21 17:06:44 · answer #7 · answered by top momma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an extremely painful sore. people who have had chicken pox arethe ones likely to get shingles later in life. they are treatable with medication, but still very painful.
2006-07-21 17:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a disease caused by the "Chicken Pox" virus. It shows up for the most part in adulthood. It affects the nervous system and can be painful. I know a person diagnosed with it when he was thirty five. He had allot of pain along his spine. He also developed blister like bumps along his spine.
2006-07-21 17:12:59 · answer #9 · answered by AlphaMale 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a form of chicken pox that has stayed doormat in your system from childhood....It's a very, very painful rash that flares up along your nerve endings as an adult.
I'm not a doctor, but I have had it. Please get it checked out if you think you may have it and good luck...I think it can be contagious...
2006-07-21 17:13:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋