====== Shingles ======

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles|Shingles]] ( //Herpes Zoster// ) is a painful, and relatively long-lasting skin condition which affects around 1/3rd of the Western population at some stage in their lives. It's known to be associated with the 're activation' of the //Varicella Zoster Virus //(VZV) - which remains in a person's body after an infection of Chickenpox.

It's assumed that the VZ virus remains inactive in nerve cells - but has never been isolated from samples of living cells.

In addition, the physiological mechanism which triggers the re-emergence of the dormant virus, has not yet been discovered.

//Further reading :// [[https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/varicella.pdf|Varicella]] in //Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition//