Do they have to have a low immune system...in order to get it?
2006-09-03 05:34:33 · 10 answers · asked by Liz S 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
people dont' understand the 95% of the worlds population has the "epstein barr" virus that harbors in the spinal fluid.
this is the same family of viruses of the herpies virus (along with several others like yellow and dengue fevers, hcv ect)
shingles occur from many reasons...surgery, viruses reactivated, stress....
2006-09-03 07:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by giggling.willow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shingles is the result of previous infection with herpes zoster the virus that causes chicken pox. It remains dormant in the nervous system for years and then tends to appear years later when an individual is stressed. However, not every stressed individual gets this or I would have a nasty case of it right now cause i am really really stressed about work right now. I do think it is also related to the health of the immune system so anything that boosts the immune system will help with this problem. HIV is a horrible disease but one of the side effects is that a lot of research into viral infections has taken place at a more rapid scale and doctors now have more antiviral drugs and treatments at their disposal to help with illnesses like shingles. (i'm always looking for the positive).
2006-09-03 05:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-03 09:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some parts of the country, shingles are a preferred look for a house, especially a Cape Cod or an Arts-and-Crafts. You don't need to have low immunity in order to get shingles - just call a contractor or stop in a Lowe's or other supply store.
2006-09-03 05:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my son had shingles. the doctor told us that the virus that caused chicknpox when he was a child remained in his body and then resurfaced as shingles when he was a teenager.
I do not think a low immune system has anything to do with it as most people get rid of the virus when th chickenpox is healed,
My son had chickenpox at the age of 2 weeks and that may have had something to do with him getting shingles.
2006-09-03 05:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by Linda L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shingles is caused by the herpes virus - HSV 3, the same virus that causes chicken pox. one can never get rid of the virus as it is a latent type of virus that stays dormant in the lumbosacral area of the bone marrow. it is reactivated by stressful stimuli like UV radiation, sunburn, emotional stress. this is however evident in people whose immune system is compromised by steroids or HIV or just stress due to too much cortisol.
thus, if you had chicken pox and the virus is reactivated, you can get shingles.
it is treated by antiviral drugs, but can never be cured.
2006-09-03 06:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
isnt the shingle virus a member of the herpes family? in kids it causes chickenpox, in adults its shingles... and a weakened immune system, or a body thats run down, bad diet, too much work not enough sleep etc becomes succeptible.
2006-09-03 05:38:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shingles is the same disease as Chickenpox is in children, except it's the adult version and caused by the same virus.
2006-09-03 05:39:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the chicken pox virus which lays dormant since when they had it when they were kids and when they stressed and run down it comes out.
2006-09-03 05:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by SausageBrain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...if u had chicken pox and u get it as an adult you can cotract shingles.its as simple as that
2006-09-03 05:40:03 · answer #10 · answered by Ferrariluvr93 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋