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

It’s oftentimes debilitating with little effective treatment. Shingles on the face is considered a medical emergency. If the shingles rash develops on the tip of the nose, get immediate medical ...

There are two different vaccines currently available for shingles. They are both given via an injection into the skin, much like a flu shot would be given. And it is given in one dose, so you just ...

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

In Cantonese, shingles – a virus that causes a painful rash – is known as sang se, or “growing snakes”, because of the way the rash seems to creep like a snake under the skin.

I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago and take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

The skin lesions caused by VZV reactivation ... drug candidate is moving rapidly toward the clinic as a topical treatment for shingles. The company also has related drug candidates with follow ...