Shingles may develop on your scalp and face if the virus that causes it travels along the trigeminal nerve. It may cause burning pain, itching, and clusters of painful blisters. Prompt medical ...

“It’s like a poison ivy rash that won’t go away,” Fellin described. Non-life-threatening, shingles can happen at any age, but it most typically affects people with stress, compromised ...

A study by researchers at the University of Bristol exploring patients’ understanding and experience of shingles has found ...

People aged 50 and over and those who are immunocompromised are more at risk of getting shingles, as well as developing a ...

Shingles is a funny-sounding name for a seriously painful disease. How painful? That’s hard to put into words. Printable ones ...

The symptoms can last for 3 to 5 weeks. Some people also get postherpetic neuralgia, which is pain that continues after recovery from the shingles rash. The older you are, the more likely you are ...

I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago and take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).