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Definition. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus â the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in nerve tissue near your spinal cord and brain. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles. While it isn't a life-threatening condition, shingles can be very painful.
The first signs of shingles The first signs of shingles Early symptoms can appear several days before the more obvious symptoms of shingles. The most common early symptoms are centered in one part of the body or face. This often occurs in the abdominal area. These symptoms many include: numbness. Itching. tingling.