Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (seen in a different patient), or reactivation disease in the distribution of the first branch of the fifth cranial nerve, is a particularly dangerous subset of this ...

For about 100,000 of these individuals, the virus targets the eye in a condition known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO).

Herpes ophthalmicus (V1) appears to affect a slightly different population than zoster of the other dermatomes, with elderly males being more at risk. Also, herpes ophthalmicus is associated with ...

Dr. Cohen was immediately diagnosed with herpes zoster ophthalmicus, or HZO, a type of shingles that affects the nerves of the eye. Shingles occurs when the varicella-zoster virus—the bug ...