prevention and treatment
How to prevent shingles?
- Stay away from people with chicken pox/shingles
- A shingles vaccine, called Zostazax, is available for people in their 60's
- Get the chicken pox vaccine
- Studies have found the eating freah fruits decreases the chances of getting shingles, and in people in their 60's or older vitamins and vegetables have done the same
- If you have shingles, keep the rash associated with them covered, and this can prevent others from catching it
Treating Shingles
- anti-virals to help with the pain and shorten the amount of time that the rash is present, but it isn't a real cure for shingles
- the two most popular antivirals are acyclovir and valacyclovir
- get rest
- drugs like asprin that help with the pain and the swelling of the rash and other symptoms
- lotions that you can apply to the rash that can help it heal and reduce the pain
- Stay away from people with chicken pox/shingles
- A shingles vaccine, called Zostazax, is available for people in their 60's
- Get the chicken pox vaccine
- Studies have found the eating freah fruits decreases the chances of getting shingles, and in people in their 60's or older vitamins and vegetables have done the same
- If you have shingles, keep the rash associated with them covered, and this can prevent others from catching it
Treating Shingles
- anti-virals to help with the pain and shorten the amount of time that the rash is present, but it isn't a real cure for shingles
- the two most popular antivirals are acyclovir and valacyclovir
- get rest
- drugs like asprin that help with the pain and the swelling of the rash and other symptoms
- lotions that you can apply to the rash that can help it heal and reduce the pain