Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

A pharmacist has issued a warning to the public about shingles, a common "dormant" condition that affects one in three adults at some point in their lives. Niamh McMillan, Superdrug's Pharmacy ...

Ocular shingles begins in the nerve connecting the brain to the eye ... "We hope that our work creates a relatively simple path toward preventing vision changes that can be life-altering," said ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles ...

And shingles can be complicated by strokes, which is potentially more common after the involvement of the eye. That’s because the virus moves directly from nerves to vessels and those vessels ...

Ocular shingles begins in the nerve connecting the brain to the eye ... We hope that our work creates a relatively simple path toward preventing vision changes that can be life-altering.

Shingles occurs when the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox in children, lies dormant for decades in nerve cells and then starts multiplying again for reasons unknown. It commonly ...

They are most at risk of shingles and more likely to develop complications, such as severe nerve pain. Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus and results in a nasty skin ...

Shingles occurs when the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox in children, lies dormant for decades in nerve cells and then starts multiplying again for reasons unknown. It commonly affects ...

In serious cases, symptoms can include blindness, hearing loss and nerve pain, and - in some instances - shingles can kill. For many, it's a painful skin rash which develops on one side of the ...

Ocular shingles begins in the nerve connecting the brain to the eye ... “We hope that our work creates a relatively simple path toward preventing vision changes that can be life-altering ...