Shingles are a type of body rash similar to chicken pox and are caused by same virus, named as herpes zoster, responsible for infliction of chicken pox in human body...

Reactivation of chicken-pox virus causes Shingles. It is kind of body rash which occurs in one side of the body and causes extreme sensitivity and pain, and irritation. Initial symptoms of shingles are headache, sense of itching, extreme sensitivity to light, and flu type syndromes without any raise in body temperature...