Symptoms include headache, nausea, chills, fever and diarrhea. Initially, the skin may hurt or feel itchy or tingly. Fluid-filled blisters will eventually erupt. Shingles itself can cause more emotional stress because the condition can be extremely painful.
HIPAA was enacted as a broad Congressional attempt at healthcare reform - it was initially introduced in Congress as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill. The landmark Act was passed in 1996 with two objectives. One was to ensure that individuals would be able to maintain their health insurance between jobs.
In 1996 the US Congress passed a law that has come to be known as âHIPAAâ. Its full name is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. One of the things that congress was trying to do when it passed this law was to provide protection and privacy for personal health information.