DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to ...

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

Dear Dr. Roach: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to ... and some pain. She’s been prescribed gabapentin and has been ...

It began with a burning pain in her right ... hair back on that side of her head, she noticed a blister near the hairline. She knew immediately what it was: shingles. At the time, in 2008 ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

In severe shingles cases, prescription pain medications, numbing agents or corticosteroids may be necessary, says Roger Kapoor, MD, senior executive vice president of Beloit Health System.

It began with a burning pain in her right ... hair back on that side of her head, she noticed a blister near the hairline. She knew immediately what it was: shingles. At the time, in 2008 ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye ...

Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to ... and some pain. She’s been prescribed gabapentin and has been ...