2024-02-06 18:16:00
“Blisters grouped on one side on a reddened background are the typical identifying feature,” says Alex Jakob Kilbertus, dermatologist and head of the skin and venereal diseases section of the Upper Austrian Medical Association. Symptoms most commonly occur in the chest and trunk. Older people and those with weakened immune systems have an increased risk of serious complications: This can result in inflammation of the lungs, liver or meninges.
According to the expert, the vaccination is effective: “Without vaccination, 33 out of 100 adults will develop shingles in their lifetime, with vaccination only 3 out of 100.”
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