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 ...

If it reactivates, the virus travels down your nerve pathways and causes shingles symptoms. Shingles rashes typically develop on the chest, neck, forehead, and lower back, but they can also appear ...

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 ...

Symptoms of shingles, also known as herpes zoster, include burning or stabbing pain accompanied by a rash of blisters that typically follows a nerve pathway on the body or the face. Up to 50 ...

While symptoms go away after three to five weeks, pain can sometimes return in the form of postherpetic neuralgia, he said. This long-term nerve pain occurs where the shingles rash appeared and ...

Figure 3 highlights the results from a global survey of older adults regarding the perceived likelihood of developing shingles. It is edifying that 71% of respondents thought that they were ...

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 ...

Shingles affects about one-third of people who’ve had chickenpox, leading to burning, tingling, and shooting nerve pain. The symptoms can last for 3 to 5 weeks. Some people also get postherpetic ...

Nearly all adults are at risk of developing HZ since over 95% are seropositive for VZV and have latent virus The lifetime risk of developing HZ is estimated to be 25–30% and is increased to 50% ...