Shingles may develop on your scalp and face if the virus that causes it travels along the trigeminal nerve. It may cause burning pain, itching, and clusters of painful blisters. Prompt medical ...

Curevo Vaccine (Curevo), a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines with improved tolerability and accessibility, today ...

Curevo’s CEO, George Simeon, will discuss updated data from Curevo’s 876-patient head-to-head trial of amezosvatein, a non-mRNA adjuvanted subunit vaccine for shingles, versus Shingrix ®.

Shingles rashes usually affect nerve paths, so blisters typically appear in a line ... Scratching the scalp too hard can cause scars that destroy hair follicles. Other ways to manage scalp pain and ...

Ringworm of the scalp ... dormant in the nerve cells. It later reactivates to cause shingles. The first signs of shingles include skin sensitivity, itching, tingling, or pain.

The supraorbital nerve sends fibers to the scalp and provides sensory innervation ... nerve can cause sensory issues, including pain or loss of sensation in affected areas, as seen in conditions like ...

Tabor is coping with nerve damage due to complications from shingles. A condition called postherpetic neuralgia sends constant unbidden pain signals to his face, head and neck. Tabor spends much of ...

Dermatitis is a “catch-all term” to describe inflammation of the skin, Dr. Rodney says. There are a few potential causes of ...

It seems that doctors need to be brought up to date on ESIs for shingles. I understand the studies are inconclusive, but the on-the-ground results seem to show that it is effective. The pain from ...

If you suffer from chronic migraines, you might experience something called allodynia, which is where the nerve endings in your scalp feel especially painful to touch. “Sometimes the pain can be ...