Shingles and Shingrix the Shingles Vaccine - What Everyone Needs to Know Part 1: The Disease.

This video is a complete review of shingles and the shingles vaccine, focusing on the disease pathophysiology, prevention using the vaccine, and possible delay in dementia with its use. It is presented in a two part lecture series, the first of which will go over the following objectives:
• Describe how a reactivation of chickenpox leads to an episode of shingles.
• List the main signs and symptoms of each of the four phases of the shingles timeline.
• Define the two major population groups who should receive the shingles vaccine.
• Define the main areas of the body that are most affected by shingles.
• Outline how shingles is treated.
• Define what postherpetic neuralgia or PHN and its incidence.