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What
You Will Learn From This Book:
- Chapter 1: What Is Shingles?
- The history of this age-old disease. The discovery of its cause early
in the 20th century, and the course of the disease.
- Chapter 2: The Varicella-Zoster
Virus
- Knowing more about the virus that causes chicken-pox and shingles
helps understanding the workings of these diseases, and the ways that
they are treated.
- Chapter 3: How Shingles
Is Treated
- Shingles can't be cured, but it can be controlled through drugs, physical
therapy, and psychological methods-often in combination.
- Chapter 4: Post-Herpetic
Neuralgia
- The pain of shingles can continue long after the rash has healed,
and special methods of treatment may be needed to deal with it.
- Chapter 5: Other Complications
Of Shingles
- The virus can seriously damage vision or cause devastating infections
in other organs, especially if it isn't treated properly.
- Chapter 6: Can Shingles
Be Prevented?
- The Varicella vaccine - A new vaccine shows promise in preventing
chicken-pox, and perhaps shingles as well.
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