Then, with no warning, the virus becomes active again.
Older people are more likely to develop shingles.
Shingles is not one of the infections that leads to a diagnosis of AIDS, but people with lower T-cell counts seem to develop shingles more often than healthy people of the same age. Herpes zoster lives in nerve tissue. Outbreaks of shingles start with severe pain in a belt-like pattern on the chest, back, or in the eye and forehead. These outbreaks are almost always on just one side of the body. A day or two later, a rash appears on the skin area related to the inflamed nerve.