Shingles is an illness, not a thing you put on a roof. Years after chickenpox, the same virus can hide in the body and then wake up. When it does, it makes a strip of painful red spots — often on the chest, back, or face, and usually on one side only. The skin can burn, sting, and itch; older people especially may still feel pain after the spots have gone.

Shingles is an illnessShingles 是一種疾病， not a thing you put on a roof不是你鋪在屋頂上的那種東西。Years after chickenpox得過水痘很多年之後， the same virus can hide in the body and then wake up同一種病毒可能潛伏在體內，然後又醒過來。When it does當它醒過來時， it makes a strip of painful red spots — often on the chest, back, or face會長出一長條疼痛的紅疹——常常在胸口、背部或臉上—— and usually on one side only而且通常只長在身體的一側。The skin can burn, sting, and itch皮膚可能會灼熱、刺痛、發癢； older people especially may still feel pain after the spots have gone尤其是年長者，疹子消退後可能還會繼續痛。

You do not “catch shingles” the way you catch a cold, though actually a person who has shingles can give chickenpox to someone who has never had it, because it is the same virus. Doctors can help more if you go early.

You do not catch shingles the way you catch a cold你不會像得感冒那樣「被傳染」帶狀疱疹， though actually a person who has shingles can give chickenpox to someone who has never had it不過其實得了帶狀疱疹的人可能把水痘傳染給從沒得過水痘的人， because it is the same virus因為那是同一種病毒。if you go early如果早點就醫， Doctors can help more醫生能幫上更多忙。

The old name pictures a belt: the rash often wraps around you like one.

The old name pictures a belt這個舊名字的畫面是一條腰帶： the rash often wraps around you like one疹子常常像腰帶一樣纏繞著你的身體。