Is there a correlation between stopping smoking and the the manifestation of shingles?

Question

I need researchers or serious thinkers to look at this question.
It is ofcourse unhealthy and politically incorrect to smoke. - Thanks for your time. M

Answer 1

I do not know if there is a correlation, but it stands to reason that when someone quits smoking there is a certain amount of stress going on in the body, and shingles is stress related.. My guess is that the two CAN be related, but do not necessarily HAVE to be related.

Answer 2

I smoke weed everyday, my grades have not been affected, my work ethic has only become better, and my lifestyle is much more pleasant now. Last year I took a official SAT and received a 1560, at that time I had never smoked marijuana. I just recently took another SAT 2 and am waiting on the results, and I have smoked every single day since last december (10 months ago). Lets see what pot did for me. Side note: I did smoke a little before the 2nd SAT but I don't think I was high the entire test. I felt as if I did my best in the first hour and seemed to feel pressured and stressed for the next few sections as my high went away.

Answer 3

Once you have chicken pox, the virus lays dormant on your skin. Shingles can develop later in life. What can cause the shingles to break out? Weakened immune system - Stress. Trying to quit smoking can cause more stress than you find normal and this can be a reason that you'd get shingles.

Answer 4

Anything that causes stress can cause shingles to appear, it stands to reason if you are prone to shingles and are trying to quit smoking that you could develop shingels.

Answer 5

Shingles is the second stage of chicken pocks which is activated by exposure to others who have it. Smoking has nothing to do with it.

Answer 6

Shingles is affiliated with Chicken Pox (herpes zooster) a virus. It has nothing to do with quitting cigarettes.