Shingles of the eye can cause scarring and vision loss. That's what happened to eye surgeon Dr. Elisabeth Cohen, who was forced to stop operating. She tested a new way to treat shingles of the eye ...

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

Dangerous complications of shingles of the eye may include: Eye damage such as scarring of the cornea, says McLaughlin Blindness in severe cases When you have shingles of the eye, the nerves of ...

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

She knew immediately what it was: shingles. At the time, in 2008, Cohen was director of the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. During her three decades there operating on ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster ... the virus can also get into the eye and cause ulcers and scarring on the cornea — the clear covering at the front of the eye that keeps out dust ...

Shingles causes keratitis when it affects ... Repeated flare-ups are associated with chronic eye disease, scarring, and vision loss. The new research, part of the eight-year Zoster Eye Disease ...