A study by researchers at the University of Bristol exploring patients’ understanding and experience of shingles has found ...

Shingles may develop on your scalp and face if the virus that causes it travels along the trigeminal nerve. It may cause burning pain, itching, and clusters of painful blisters. Prompt medical ...

Prophylactic valaciclovir was effective and prevented herpes zoster in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus receiving ...

The shingles virus is often associated with painful rashes and nerve discomfort, but recent research suggests getting vaccinated against its effects can protect more than just your skin..

Shingles is a funny-sounding name for a seriously painful disease. How painful? That’s hard to put into words. Printable ones ...

Repeated head injuries suffered by sports players and military personnel — a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease — may ...

Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's.

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 ...

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus causing childhood chickenpox re-emerges from sensory ganglion nervous system cells where the virus lies dormant after ...

In Cantonese, shingles – a virus that causes a painful rash – is known as sang se, or “growing snakes”, because of the way the rash seems to creep like a snake under the skin.