Science Source Stock Photo - Man with Scarring from Shingles, 28 Weeks

Man with Scarring from Shingles, 28 Weeks

Description: Close-up of the torso of a 50-year-old African-American man with scarring from a case of shingles, 28 weeks after treatment. Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox which generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles (an illness with very different symptoms) often many years after the initial infection. On black skin, the scars from shingles tend to linger from months to years.

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Darrell Perry/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2478110

Legacy Identifier: BV3164

Type: Image

Size: 4256px × 2832px (~34 MB)

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