Shingles is a painful rash caused by a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. It's a very common condition, as one out of three people will develop it ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus—the same virus that causes chickenpox. If you've had chickenpox, the virus can lie dormant in your body's nerve tissue for years when suddenly it's ...

Dear Doctor K: A couple of months ago, my wife had shingles. The rash spread to her face, near her eye. This went away without treatment, but the doctor said it could return. If it comes back, does ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there's a new treatment ...

There’s a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there’s a new treatment ...

Shingles, a painful, blistering skin rash caused by the same virus as chicken pox, has a sister disease, herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), or ocular shingles. HZO is a similar-looking infection that ...

Triggered by the varicella-zoster virus, shingles is a viral infection that leads to a rash. This condition is ignited by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Although you might have not thought ...

The varicella-zoster virus is responsible for about 1 million new shingles cases in the U.S. each year—and shingles vision side effects occur in about 80,000 of them. Despite the relative rarity of ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus can lie dormant in your body’s nerve tissue for years when suddenly it’s ...

Shingles is dropping among people who got chickenpox shots but mysteriously rising in people 35 and older, new research shows.

Dear Doctor Roach: I was reading your recent column about shingles. Several years ago, I contracted shingles, even after getting the shingles vaccine. It hit me in my left eye, so I went to my eye ...