Around One Million People in the US Suffer from Shingles Every Year: CDC

In a study carried out by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, it has been found that around one million people in the US fall victim to Shingles every year. The report published by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention highlights that one out of three people in the US develop Shingles in their lifetime.

The virus associated with Shingles develops a rash on a person’s face along with pain and tingling. And Shingles can occur anywhere on the body and can be transmitted to other people until the blisters from the rash scab disappear. In order to get rid of shingles on the face, people use antiviral medications and vaccines to treat shingles and limit the severity of the virus.

Symptoms such as fever, headache, and upset stomach can easily be noticed during shingles and people feel pain along the course of the affected nerve. And sometimes rash doesn’t appear on a face but an unbearable pain in one side of the body may result in damaging the nerve. People with a chickenpox history are more susceptible to developing Shingles for the chickenpox virus persists in a dormant state in the body until it gets triggered by something.

It has been found in many studies that shingles virus can contract any age group of person but old age people who are not immunized for chickenpox are more susceptible to suffering from this disease. Shingrix, the shingles vaccine with 97% effectiveness has been recommended by the FDA for people over 50 years of age in two months apart.