Administration of low-dose valacyclovir over a year does not significantly reduce the occurrence of herpes zoster ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect around 1 in 3 people in their lifetime and it’s estimated that up to 1 million new ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

Nearly one in three people in the U.S. gets shingles, a recurrence of the herpes zoster virus, or chickenpox, every year. Of those, about 20% get ocular shingles, or shingles in the eye ...

Shingles in the eye, aka herpes zoster ophthalmicus, occurs in about 10% to 20% of all shingles cases. It can result in complications like damage to the cornea and blindness, so it's important to ...

Dr. Cohen was immediately diagnosed with herpes zoster ophthalmicus, or HZO, a type of shingles that affects the nerves of the eye. Shingles occurs when the varicella-zoster virus—the bug ...

The recombinant zoster vaccine is protective against herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia among patients aged at least 50 years with rheumatoid arthritis. The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) ...

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral infection that occurs ... If a person’s shingles affects their ear or eye, a doctor may refer a person to a specialist for treatment.

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a skin rash that causes blisters across one side of the body. The same virus that causes chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus, causes shingles. Disseminated ...