Many of us think of chickenpox as a childhood illness, a harmless rite of passage that fades into memory once the itchy blisters heal. However, what most people don’t realize is that the virus behind ...

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The earliest signs of shingles are burning, tingling, numbness, and sharp pain on the skin on one side of the body or the face. A few days after initial symptoms, a blistery rash will appear and the ...

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Shingles (herpes zoster) is the reactivation of the chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster virus), causing an outbreak of painful, blistering sores in one of every three people who get chickenpox.

You may also experience pain or tenderness on one side of your face. It’s not possible to spread shingles to other areas of your body by touching the rash. But an active shingles rash is highly ...