I was under the impression that only older adults got shingles,” says Mangini, who was 37 at the time. The rash spread, yet ...

Requinn Nicollette, 28, has claimed the stress she suffered as a result of the TikTok ban caused her immune system to weaken ...

Just as any shingles infection can cause post-herpetic neuralgia (excruciating pain that lingers for months or years after the rash clears), ocular shingles can also cause chronic pain and ...

The shingles vaccine is already recommended for older adults to prevent the rash and its painful complications. But new ...

“Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster ... to develop postherpetic neuralgia and have longer lasting and more severe pain. Fellin supports the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Many of us think of chickenpox as a childhood illness, a harmless rite of passage that fades into memory once the itchy blisters heal. However, what most people don’t realize is that the virus behind ...

It can also reduce your risk of severe infection and complications ... get postherpetic neuralgia, which is pain that continues after recovery from the shingles rash. The older you are, the ...

Shingles, which is caused by varicella-zoster ... antiviral treatment to 12 men and three women with moderate to severe pain following shingles. The patients received 10 milligrams of the drug ...

The encouraging result comes just days after the US FDA approved Vertex Pharma's non-opioid painkiller Journavx (suzetrigine) ...

I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my face ...