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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693977603321

Autore

Siegel Mary-Ellen

Titolo

Shingles : new hope for an old disease / / Mary-Ellen Siegel and Gray Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : M. Evans, c2008

ISBN

1-282-48082-0

9786612480829

1-59077-141-9

Edizione

[Updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Vivir mejor la tercera edad

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsGray <1932->

SiegelMary-Ellen

Disciplina

616.5/22

Soggetti

Shingles (Disease)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

First published under the title: Living with shingles, c1998.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; Chaper 01. WHAT IS SHINGLES?; Chapter 02. THE VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; Chapter 03. HOW SHINGLES IS TREATED; Chapter 04. POST-HERPETIC NEURALGIA; Chapter 05. OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF SHINGLES; Chapter 06. PREVENTING SHINGLES: THE PROMISE OF VACCINES; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT SHINGLES; GLOSSARY; HELPFUL SOURCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Herpes zoster, better known as shingles, affects up to twenty percent of the population of the United States. Caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox, shingles affects adults who have had chicken pox and who suffer from a weakened immune system. The authors cite the latest research on Shingles and its prevention and provide tips on early recognition of shingles as well as descriptions of commonly used treatments for shingles.