An 80-year-old patient comes to the emergency department with extreme pain and itching in the hip and leg and has herpetic vesicular lesions on the left hip.What should the nurse inquire about patient exposure to?

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The symptoms described are indicative of herpes zoster (shingles), which is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.

An 80-Year-Old Patient Comes to the Emergency Department with Extreme