Shingles disease

• Recently, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK India) announced the much-awaited launch of its globally top-selling shingles vaccine Shingrix in India.

About Shingles disease:

• It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus the same virus that causes chickenpox.
• It can occur anywhere in the human body.
• It typically looks like a single stripe of blisters that wraps around the left side or the right side of the torso.
• Non contagious
• The risk of shingles increases with older age and it is most common in people over age 50.
• Symptoms: Pain, burning, tingling sensitivity to touch etc.
• A vaccine called Shingrix is available which helps in preventing shingles and its complications.