Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

The longer it tends to last as well. Women are more likely to develop PHN, and I have read estimates that somewhere between ...

Examples include eczema, chickenpox, psoriasis, and shingles. It can be hard to identify a skin rash since many cause similar symptoms. A skin rash is generally defined as an area of irritated ...

Housing remained the focus of the NDP on Tuesday, as leader Claudia Chender promised to create a compliance and enforcement ...

A pharmacist has issued a warning to the public about shingles, a common "dormant" condition that affects one in three adults at some point in their lives. Niamh McMillan, Superdrug's Pharmacy ...

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) right cheek.

GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes ...

Niamh said: “One of the more severe symptoms of shingles is called postherpetic neuralgia, which is long-term nerve pain that can last months or even years after the rash heals. It can feel like ...

1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime; People with diabetes are 38% more likely to contract shingles [1] People ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles ...

The highly neuroinflammatory disease caused by herpes zoster (HZ) virus triggers a painful, itchy rash ... with symptoms manifesting at a later age. “For those who show early neurological changes of ...