Vaccination can also lower your chances of other serious shingles complications. For example, if it shows up on your face, ...

Thailand is transitioning into an aging society, and for those 50 and older, declining immunity is a key concern due to aging ...

When data from two data sources were analyzed -- one of commercial health insurance claims, the other from Medicare -- ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash with blisters. The disease can occur at any age, but those affected are ...

Diabetes Singapore and GSK aim to enhance awareness and improve lives affected by diabetes through educational talks and activities on World Diabetes Day 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their ...

"Seven of the reported cases were serious, presenting with generalized red and sometimes itchy skin bumps, fever, weakness in ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

There were zero confirmed cases of herpes zoster (shingles) in the amezosvatein arm of participants, regardless of dose, after mean follow-up of 18.8 months in this post-hoc analysis of the Phase 2 ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- One year of valacyclovir is beneficial for patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the ...

Around 8% of people who suffer an episode of shingles will get an infection in the eye, a condition known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus, or HZO. About 1 in 10 HZO cases result in moderate to ...

For about 100,000 of these individuals, the virus targets the eye in a condition known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO). This can lead to severe complications, including inflammation of the cornea ...