The Latin word means  vanity  and loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. As applied to vanitas art, the word is drawn from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes 1:2;12:8.The Vulgate (the Latin translation of the Bible) renders the verse Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas.anitas by Harmen Steenwijck. Common vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the certainty of death; rotten fruit (decay); bubbles (the brevity of life and suddenness of death); smoke, watches, and hourglasses, (the brevity of life); and musical instruments (brevity and the ephemeral nature of life).
During that time I started to itch on my arms and hands and was told by a doctor that it was Dyshidrosis and that it was triggered by stress. I actually tested positive for shingles and HSV1(fever blisters). He gave me Valtrex to take 1 gram 3x a day for a week and then a daily maint. dosage of 1 gram a day. I have never had a shingle outbreak or anything external.
Several studies have examined how well Valtrex treats shingles, cold sores, and genital herpes. In one study, people younger than 50 years of age with shingles were treated with Valtrex within three days of the beginning of a rash. In people who were not treated with the drug, it took three days for the formation of new blisters to stop. For the people who were treated with Valtrex, the blisters stopped forming one day sooner. The drug will not, however, change the length or severity of postherpetic neuralgia, which is severe pain that can occur after the shingles rash has healed. Valtrex is also not a cure for shingles.