Shingles: New Hope for an Old Disease

by Mary-Ellen Siegel and Gray Williams

Book Overview

Up to twenty percent of the population is affected by shingles, officially known as herpes zoster. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. It attacks adults who had chickenpox as children but whose immune system has weakened due to increasing age, illness, drugs, radiation therapy, or even physical or emotional stress. This book shows the reader how early recognition of shingles, along with the use of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590771370
• ISBN13: 9781590771372
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.9"