View of the buttock of an elderly female patient during an attack of shingles,also known as Herpes zoster. A red rash with blisters (vesicles) has appeared. Shingles is extremely painful and is due to the chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster) infecting the sensory nerves (in this case L2 and S3 spinal nerves). Dormant viruses survive for years in humans until the immune system is weakened by illness or old age and a shingles attack may occur | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library |
Bildgröße: | 5000 px × 3563 px |
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