Ocular shingles begins in the nerve connecting the ... there was never a clear course of treatment to reliably prevent ...

Of those, about 20% get ocular shingles, or shingles in the eye, which can last “days to weeks to years,” even with treatment, according to Michelle Andreoli, clinical assistant professor of ...

Antiviral drugs are used to treat ocular shingles. The researchers found that there was no difference in the risk of stroke between people who received antiviral drugs and those who did not.