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Shingles is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus - the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. It may not cause problems for many years. As you get older, the virus may reappear as shingles. Unlike chickenpox, you can't catch shingles from someone who has it.
Early signs of shingles include burning or shooting pain and tingling or itching, usually on one side of the body or face. The pain can be mild to severe. Blisters then form and last from one to 14 days. If shingles appears on your face, it may affect your vision or hearing. The pain of shingles may last for weeks, months or even years after the blisters have healed.
There is no cure for shingles. Early treatment with medicines that fight the virus may help. These medicines may also help prevent lingering pain. A vaccine may prevent shingles or lessen its effects. The vaccine is for people 60 or over who have had chickenpox but who have not had shingles.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The word '''shingle''' has several distinct meanings in the English language: * A '''shingle''' is a flat covering element for a roof. Shingles are laid in overlapping rows, with half the shingle visible and half covered by the one above or by the roof ridge. Other roof coverings are shake (roof)s and tiles. ''See also'': Shingle style. * The term '''shingle''' can refer to an alluvial material of flat, rounded stones typically forming a beach at the seashore. Shingle is a Grain size formed by wave erosion of sedimentary rock formations. * There is also a disease of the nerves known as '''shingles''' (always with a final ''s''). [ Read More ]
Shingle's Piece of the Junkyard - Voting booth, lyrics, links, RPG, and cast information.
A Growing Business - Hand crafted and shingled cedar houses and feeders.
Fancy Dancy - Sells birdhouses and feeders accented with shingles. Optional post sleeves available.
PainBreak for Shingles and Neuralgia - Pain relief product for Shingles and Post Herpetic Neuralgia sufferers.
Salmon Falls Architecture - Salmon Falls architect specializing in Maine shingle style architecture for waterfront property.
Maine Coast Cottage Co. - Maine Coast Cottage Co. offers shingle cottage style house plans reminiscent of the New England coast - Bar Harbor, Nantucket, Kennebunkport, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape Cod.
Roof-A-Cide Inc. - Supply a proprietary coating of cleaning agents and algae preventatives for concrete, tile, and asphalt shingle roof surfaces.
Metal Roof Market, Inc - Direct sales of high quality metal roof products including metal shingles, standing seam panels, metal coil, flat sheet, tools and underlayments to homeowners and contractors. Serving Tennessee and Southeast.
Union Corrugating Company - Manufacturer of metal roofing and siding panels, metal roofing shingles, and metal eave drips and flashings.
AJC Roof Tools - Manufactures roofing hatchets, tear off tools for shingles, rolling magnetic sweepers, knives, and blades for the roofing professional for over forty years.