Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

Shingles is a painful or itchy rash of blister-like sores that develop on one side of the face or body. The CDC says people may have pain, itching or tingling in a certain area, before the rash ...

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near someone's ears, resulting in paralysis of parts of the face. Nicoya Rescorla has the same condition as Justin ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there's a new ...

Lay out and install each row of shingles on one face. Continue to lay out and install rows of shingles, one above the other. Place them so each subsequent row covers the tar line and so the nails ...

A tell-tale sign of shingles is a rash that begins as small, red patches before developing into fluid-filled blisters. Niamh explained: "This rash tends to appear on one side of the body or face ...

Even if you know how to replace roof shingles in theory, the practice can be much different. Besides the safety issues of working on a roof, you may face problems that require additional roof repairs.

When the virus is reactivated, it affects a nerve that it travels down, so the shingles rash will appear on the side of the affected nerve. So if you get it on your face, it will only affect ...