Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD You can develop shingles on the face. The rash looks like a group of small ...

low-dose antiviral treatment is effective in delaying new or worsening eye disease, lessening chronic pain, or both, in people with a form of shingles that affects the eye, called herpes zoster ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, ...

If you think you could have shingles, see a board-certified dermatologist or other health-care provider within 3 days of getting the rash. When started within 3 days, treatment can prevent possible ...

Ophthalmologist Pathmaraj talks about shingles in the eye. Shingles causes painful blisters near nerves on one side of your body. It may spread to your face and eyes.

No cure is available for shingles. Treatment aims to reduce the severity ... a medical emergency because it may affect your eyes. If you notice the rash on your scalp traveling down your forehead ...