Definition of shingles Shingles
/ʃɪˈŋgʌlz/ - [shinggulz] - shin•gles
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What does shingles mean?
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NounSingular: shingle |
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| shingles - eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia | ||
| herpes zoster, zoster | ||
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Wiktionary 
- shingles (Noun)
herpes zoster . - shingles (Noun)
Plural of shingle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shingles (n.)
A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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shingles
Viral disease caused by the varicella zoster virus characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area of the body.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shingles
shing′glz, n. popular name for the disease Herpes zoster. [A corr. of L. cingulum, a belt or girdle—cingĕre, to gird.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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shingles
Thin slips of wood, used principally in America, in lieu of slate or tiles in roofing. In very old times a planked vessel was termed a "shyngled or clap-boarded ship."
Wikipedia 
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Shingles is a disease. The virus that causes chickenpox also causes Shingles.
General information.
Shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox. The virus can wake up after many years.
Most people who get shingles are old. It sometimes infects younger people, or people with a weak immune system. stress may lead to shingles. The disease starts with tingling, itchiness, or pain on an infected person's skin. After a few days, the disease causes a rash. This rash may be on the trunk or face. The rash grows into small blisters filled with fluid. These blisters dry out and crust over for several days. The worst time of the rash causes anything from mild itching to extreme pain. The rash is confined to one region of the body.
The shingles virus is communicable from person to person, though only by direct contact. If a person touches someone with shingles, they may get chickenpox, but not shingles. For this reason, persons with shingles are advised to limit contact with those who are not immune to chickenpox, those with increased susceptibility, young children and pregnant women. Contracting chickenpox when one is pregnant can be dangerous to the unborn child.
If people have had chickenpox, they cannot get chickenpox from someone else again. However, it is thought that contact with a shingles patient may trigger a person's own dormant chickenpox virus to reactivate and manifest as shingles.
Treatment.
Doctors recommend antiviral drugs, steroiods, antidepressants, anticonvulsants
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