Both chicken pox and shingles are caused by varicella zoster.
Explanation:
Shingles and chicken pox both occurs by the attack of the virus, varicella zoster.
Cause: - The chicken pox spreads through the infectious elements in a person’s cough, sneeze and breathing. The shingles occur when this virus gets reactivated.
Portal entry: - Chicken pox virus enters through the tract of respiration and shingles enter from a person who already have it.
Signs & Symptoms: - Pox includes- fever, blister like itchy rash and shingles include- blister rash which has a distribution that is like a band.
Incubation period: - Pox can stay for a minimum of 15 days approximately and shingles too last for few weeks.
Treatment and prevention: - Both include treatment of antiviral and both can be prevented by avoiding infected people and increasing body immunity etc.
