I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my ...

with dental pain along the trigeminal nerve. Scalp Pain and Hair Loss Shingles of the scalp can lead to PHN pain in the areas of the scalp where the rash was, and long after the skin has cleared. It ...

and sharp pain on the skin on one side of the body or the face. A few days after initial symptoms, a blistery rash will appear and the affected area(s) will often be painful. Shingles rashes usually ...

The virus lies dormant in your body for years after ... severe nerve pain called postherpetic neuralgia. It’s oftentimes debilitating with little effective treatment. Shingles on the face ...

Many of us think of chickenpox as a childhood illness, a harmless rite of passage that fades into memory once the itchy blisters heal. However, what most people don’t realize is that the virus behind ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

Have you experienced pain or tingling in your hands or feet? Those are signs of possible neuropathy, “a general term for nerve dysfunction ... the two-dose shingles vaccine.

Around 4 in every 10 cancer patients taking chemotherapy are affected with severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy). Platinum-based drugs like taxanes and lung cancer are linked to higher rates ...

Four in every 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy develop severe peripheral nerve pain, a new evidence review suggests. These patients might experience loss of balance and coordination ...