Caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox – Shingles is an extremely painful condition that ...
The symptoms are typically rather vague at first: pain, itching, fatigue. Might it be shingles? Dr Kerstin Lommel, chief ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots ...
Not all trials found a benefit, but the largest trial found that intrathecal injections led to excellent or good pain relief ...
A shingles rash looks like a cluster of tiny, fast-growing blisters on a red base of skin. The blisters quickly merge, rupture, and crust over. A shingles outbreak almost always develops on one side ...
Shingles is not contagious, but someone with an active rash can transmit the virus to other people through direct skin-to-skin contact. Shingles — also known as herpes zoster — is caused by ...
I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five ...
Shingles without a rash is called zoster sine herpete (ZSH) or internal shingles. This type of shingles is rare since most people with shingles develop a telltale rash on one side of their body. ZSH ...