Shingle Shingles Research Paper
It was Adrian’s 9th birthday and all our family, along with Adrian’s friends from school, came to celebrate. It's a tradition for everyone from our family to bring their own homemade food to gatherings. My Uncle Willie brought rice and beans, my Aunt Marce brought her potato salad, and my Grandma managed to make a whole bunch of tortillas. Rather quickly however, everyone noticed that my Aunt Mona wasn't here, as she would usually bring a variety of sweets everyone enjoyed. My Mother told us that, my Aunt won't be able to make it to the party because she came up with a case of shingles and felt it was best to try and avoid contact with others until it goes away. The party felt incomplete without her but we were able to still have fun and celebrate Adrian’s birthday. Thankfully my Aunt made the right call in staying home and everyone started wondering what
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These patches can be easily spotted since they are a bright red and have small blisters (more like pimples) that contain the virus in a fluid form. The patches can radiate in itchiness, pain, or a burning sensation that stays constant for long periods of time. Shingles is caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus which is the same virus that creates Chickenpox in young children. Shingles can only happen if a person has had Chickenpox in the past, in which the Varicella-Zoster virus stays dormant in the nerve roots and reawakens later in life, in many cases the virus stays dormant forever. A person is most at risk of getting Shingles if they are over the age of 50 and as of today approximately 1 in 3 people in America will get Shingles. Although 100 Shingles related deaths happen every year, it is usually in rare cases involving people with extremely poor immune systems. While on the topic about poor immune systems, I want to move on to the next point which is the transmission of
These patches can be easily spotted since they are a bright red and have small blisters (more like pimples) that contain the virus in a fluid form. The patches can radiate in itchiness, pain, or a burning sensation that stays constant for long periods of time. Shingles is caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus which is the same virus that creates Chickenpox in young children. Shingles can only happen if a person has had Chickenpox in the past, in which the Varicella-Zoster virus stays dormant in the nerve roots and reawakens later in life, in many cases the virus stays dormant forever. A person is most at risk of getting Shingles if they are over the age of 50 and as of today approximately 1 in 3 people in America will get Shingles. Although 100 Shingles related deaths happen every year, it is usually in rare cases involving people with extremely poor immune systems. While on the topic about poor immune systems, I want to move on to the next point which is the transmission of