After we recover from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in nerve tissues and can reactivate later in life, often due to age-related or stress-related weakening of the immune system.” While ...

Pain, itching, and burning sensations typically peak about four to five days after the shingles rash first develops. For most ...

We often think of chickenpox as a children's illness, but in reality, anyone can be affected. The virus can live dormant in your system for years only to flare up decades later as shingles, a painful ...

Started just itching ... I can do. It's devastating and it's frustrating. I was going to retire and start travelling, but unfortunately I am sort of stuck here now because of shingles.

A complication that can arise from any shingles infection is postherpetic neuralgia, which can leave you with long-lasting pain, numbness, and itching that ... if you do end up with shingles ...