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 face ...

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

As you say, not all trials found a benefit, but the largest trial found that intrathecal injections — which are similar to ...

I went to my family doctor, and she immediately diagnosed me with shingles and put me on gabapentin, which didn’t help much. The next month was complete misery. I never really had itching or an ...

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 ...

I was going to retire and start travelling, but unfortunately I am sort of stuck here now because of shingles. Because of this pain I am sort of stuck here at the moment.” Maxine is hopeful that ...

Conducted as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded ATHENA trial, which is investigating whether taking the drug amitriptyline can stop long-term pain from shingles, ...

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 ...

The pain from shingles has been described as aching, burning, stabbing or shock-like. Even once you've got over the disease, as many as one in five people suffer from post-herpetic neuralgia.