What are shingles?

• Shingle-is a painful rash caused by the same virus (varicella zoster virus or VZV) that causes chickenpox
• The virus stays dormant for many year in the roots of the nerve after you have had a case with chickenpox and reoccur as shingles.
• Shingles is most common in adult over the age of 50, a person with a weaken immune system, and any who has had chickenpox.