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Significant stress is believed to trigger shingles by weakening the immune system, which leads to the reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) in the body. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral infection that causes a painful, stripe-shaped rash with small blisters to appear on one area of the body. It occurs when the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, reactivates. Shingles is common. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it affects 1 in 3 people in the United States. A person who has had chickenpox still has the virus that causes it inside their body. It remains dormant and reactivates later in life as shingles. Experts are not certain about what triggers the reactivation of shingles. However, many believe that significant or long-term stress may play a role. This article explores the connection between shingles and stress. It also discusses the risk factors and triggers that may put a person ...

Image: Shutterstock Summers can be brutal, especially the heat and humidity it brings along. If you are one of those people who live by the beautiful and calming seas, humidity is your well-known enemy. Even though we spend most of our time under the air conditioner, we often find ourselves drenched in sweat; multiple times a day. The one thing this outrageous season brings along is the various skin infections. One such skin infection is most commonly found in the Tinea versicolor. 1. What is Tinea versicolor Infection? 2. Causes 3. Symptoms 4. Diagnosis 5. Treatment 6. Prevention 7. Natural Remedies 8. FAQ What is Tinea versicolor Infection? Image: Shutterstock Tinea versicolor is a common fungal infection that affects the skin. The fungus disrupts the skin's pigmentation which results in small, discolored patches. The fungus called Malassezia is a type of yeast that...

Veterinary officials in the United States today reported a presumptive low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Missouri, according to a notification today from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Routine tests found virus in healthy flock The virus was detected during routine preslaughter tests on Feb 26 for H5 and H7 viruses, and no signs of clinical illness or an increase in turkey deaths were reported at the farm. Jasper County is in southwestern Missouri. The farm where the virus was detected houses 20,000 birds, which will be depopulated through controlled marketing, a strategy that allows poultry that are infected with or exposed to low-pathogenic H5 and H7 viruses to move to market on a limited basis, according to state response plans. Tests are slated to further characterize the virus, based on virus isolation. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Missouri Department of Agr...

Most people have a regular skincare routine for their face, but taking care of the rest of your skin is just as important otherwise fungal infections can happen. Anyone can get a fungal infection, especially people with weakened immune systems, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and sometimes they can be tricky to get rid of. While environmental factors do play a part in getting a fungal infection, there are preventive measures to take that include, keeping skin dry and clean, washing your hands often after touching animals, avoiding using other people's towels and personal products and wearing shoes in locker rooms and community showers, Eat This, Not That! Health spoke with experts who explain what a fungal infection, signs you have one and how to treat it. Read on—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had COVID . Shutterstock Dr. Jason Miller, board-certified dermatologist at Schweiger D...

New Jersey, United States –  The Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) Control Market report includes the upcoming challenges and opportunities in the market. It ensures a strengthened position in the market and a growing product portfolio by providing all the important details related to the market growth. It reveals some of the key insights and focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on different sectors of the economy. Identifying key business areas is the most important factor to improve those areas and generate greater profits. This vivid market research provides an in-depth understanding of how new product offerings can fit into the marketplace. It acts as the best guide and plays the leading role in almost all phases of the business cycle. It also becomes easy to target customers effectively to launch new products easily. This Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) Control market reports that another key focus is to provide manufacturing solutions at...

Hospitalizations associated with COVID-19 in kids were higher than influenza-related hospitalizations in the years leading up to the pandemic, researchers found. Overall, the rate of COVID-associated hospitalization (48.2 per 100,000 children in 2020-2021) surpassed the highest rate of influenza-associated hospitalization from the 3 years prior to the pandemic (41.7 per 100,000 in 2019-2020), reported Miranda Delahoy, PhD, of the CDC, and colleagues. However, the rate of hospitalizations varied by age, with a higher hospitalization rate for COVID versus influenza among adolescents, and a lower or comparable hospitalization rate among children under age 12, the authors wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. They examined two data sources: the Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET) and the Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET). Both FluSurv-NET and COVID-NET contain data from 14 states. A positive case for both wa...

Clinical typing and demographic characteristics of HFRS patients A total of 149 HFRS patients were included in the present research. According to the HFRS clinical categorization criteria, among the enrolled patients, there were 64 mild, 21 moderate, 6 severe, and 58 critical patients. Moreover, of the 58 critical HFRS patients, 46 survived and 12 died with a hospital mortality rate of 20.68%. The clinical baseline characteristics of HFRS patients of different clinical types and controls are shown in Table1. Table 1 Demographics and clinical data at admission in the patients with HFRS of different clinical types and healthy control Full size table Levels of SOD in patients with HFRS SOD levels in both acute and convalescent stage patients were substantially lower than those in healthy controls (acute: 108.40 ± 2.47 U/mL vs 164.23 ± 3.82 U/mL, P < 0.01; convalescent: 138.27 ± 2.87 U/mL vs 164.2 ± 3.82 U/mL, P < 0.01), while SOD levels in the acute stage were lower than tho...