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 ...

Shingles rashes typically develop on the chest, neck, forehead, and lower back, but they can also appear anywhere on the body, including the face and scalp. Pain may peak as you notice a rash ...

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 ...

What happens is that the virus lies dormant in the nervous system, for many years sometimes, and then reemerges as shingles, which causes a painful string of rashes, typically on the face or ...

Shingles is a painful condition caused by the reactivation of the herpes zoster (chickenpox) virus. It is usually characterised by a distinctive rash. While there is a 30 per cent likelihood among the ...

The symptoms can last for 3 to 5 weeks. Some people also get postherpetic neuralgia, which is pain that continues after recovery from the shingles rash. The older you are, the more likely you are ...

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 ...