What You Need to Know About Shingles
Know what you’re up against. Knowing what causes, behaviors and treatments for the virus can help you stay healthy.
Prevention and Treatment
Treatment can lessen the severity and the duration of infection. Vaccination is considered one of the options for prevention.1
TALK TO YOUR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DOCTOR
If you are 50 years or above, talk to your primary health care doctor about Shingles disease and how you can be protected.
References
- Mayo Clinic. Shingles Symptoms and Causes, January 2019. Available at: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shingles/symptoms-causes/syc-20353054?p=1, Accessed July 2022.
- Bollaerts, et. al. Epidemiology and Infection, October 2017. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMCS647669/, Accessed July 2022.
- Healthline. What Does Shingles Look Like?, June 2021. Available at https://www.healthline.com/health/shingles-pictures, Accessed July 2022.
- Zoster vaccine for Australian adults. National Center for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) Fact Sheet, June 2021. Available at https://ncirs.org.au/ncirs-fact-sheets-faqs/zoster-vaccine-australian-adults, Accessed July 2022.
- American Academy of Dermatology. SHINGLES: TIPS FOR MANAGING, April 2019. Available at https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/a-z/shingles-self-care, Accessed July 2022.
- Kedar S, Jayagopal LN, Berger JR. Neurological and Opthalmological Manifestations of Varicella Zoster Virus. J Neuroophthalmol. June 2019. Avaliable at Journal of Neuro-Opthalmology, pages 220-231, Accessed July 2022.
- NHS, Shingles, February 2018. Available at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/shingles/. Accessed July 2022.
- Healthline. Chickenpox Prevention: How to Avoid the Varicella-Zoster Virus, Feburary 2019. Available at https://www.healthline.com/health/chicken-pox-prevention, Accessed July 2022.
- DH Green Book Ch 289. Shingles, April 2021. Available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503773/2905109_Green_Book_Chapter_28a_v3_0W.PDF, Accessed July 2022.
- Medical News Today. Can a person get shingles more than once?, May 2021. Available at https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/recurrent-shingles, Accessed July 2022.
- Mayo Clinic. Chickenpox, May 2021. Available at https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chickenpox/symptoms-causes/syc-20351282, Accessed July 2022.
- CDC. Shingles Vaccination, February 2018. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html, Accessed July 2022.