Many Brits could be unknowingly teetering on the brink of serious health issues, as a leading expert warns that if left ...

Shingles occurs when the varicella ... reduce eye disease and whether the same treatment lessened post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN, the chronic nerve pain syndrome that often accompanies shingles ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

There's a potential new treatment ... Shingles, also called zoster, looks like blisters on the skin and can be excruciating It's the chickenpox virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain.

Many Brits might unknowingly be walking a knife’s edge with their health, as an expert warned if left untreated, the disease ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment opens doors for treating shingles in the ... the same treatment lessened post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN, the chronic nerve pain syndrome that often ...

Cohen, MD, a professor of ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, designed the study, after ... same treatment reduced a chronic nerve pain syndrome that can accompany shingles.

Shingles and chickenpox are two different diseases caused by the same varicella-zoster virus. Also known as herpes zoster, shingles is a painful skin condition. After you've had chickenpox ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...

Between 10-18% of those who get shingles develop post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a condition marked by debilitating nerve pain lasting over six months and often beyond one year. There is no approved ...

Shingles occurs when the varicella ... reduce eye disease and whether the same treatment lessened post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN, the chronic nerve pain syndrome that often accompanies shingles ...