[[File:Shingles.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Shingles]]Other Names : Herpes zoster<br>Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes [[chickenpox]]. Anyone who's had chickenpox may develop shingles. After you recover from [[chickenpox]], the virus can enter your nervous system and lie dormant for years. Eventually, it may reactivate and travel along nerve pathways to your skin — producing shingles.<br>See also :
* [[Chickenpox]]
* [[Ramsay Hunt Syndrome]]
== Warnings ==
This reactivated, more virulent form of varicella virus can damage nerves enough to develop into postherpetic neuralgia, which rephrased in layperson's language is "after herpes came intense nerve pain." Acute and chronic peripheral nerve pain may exist in the areas where the shingles skin lesions are located. The consequences can be lethal.
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