zoster
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- noun
- /ˈzɑːstər/
- Specialized
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herpes zóster
- Use: treatment of acute herpes zoster and recurrent attacks of genital herpes.
- herpes zoster
- Varicella-zoster
- zoster virus
Examples
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However, tuberculosis, serious infections, and possibly herpes zoster are increased with treatment with tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors, stressing the need for careful patient screening and monitoring.
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After the initial exposure, herpes zoster lies dormant in certain nerve fibers.
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Similarly, there are no contraindications to the administration of the zoster vaccine to a household contact of a transplant recipient.
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Will a later-life onset of chickenpox be less likely to return as zoster?
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Herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox.
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Zovirax is used to treat herpes infections of the skin, lip, and genitals; herpes zoster (shingles).
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Unfortunately, there is nothing that perfectly prevents PHN, but vaccination has been shown to reduce the incidence of herpes zoster by 51.3% in a study of 38,000 adults aged 60 and older who received the vaccine.
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Both drugs showed improvement in SLE severity at the expense of a higher risk of herpes zoster compared with placebo in adults with moderate to severe SLE enrolled in Phase II RCTs.
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Zovirax is used to treat chickenpox (varicella) or shingles (herpes zoster) and to treat or suppress genital herpes infections.
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Shingles, also known as zoster, can cause significant pain and discomfort for those affected.
Synonyms
A painful skin rash with blisters that follows a nerve path
A painful skin rash with blisters caused by the same virus as chickenpox
A painful skin illness that makes a line of blisters when the chickenpox virus wakes up again
Compounds
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zoster comes from the Greek word zōstēr, which means 'belt'. Doctors used that image because the shingles rash often appears as a painful band across the skin, like a belt, so zoster refers to the band-like rash we call shingles.