It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next ...

We usually think of chickenpox as something that only affects children. And while the virus is indeed most common amongst ...

Shingles inflames the nerves, and even now, more than three years later, the intense pain ... after his shingles diagnosis — Lowe thought his facial paralysis had subsided enough to go back ...

Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash.

If you've fallen or had a recent blow to your rib area, that could be to blame. "Overuse or injury to the muscles in the ...

A simple, extended course of antiviral medication may significantly reduce the risk of eye damage and chronic pain associated with shingles.

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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, according to ...

who are at the greatest risk for debilitating chronic pain after shingles. "Our results support changes in clinical practice, with suppressive valacyclovir recommended to reduce new, worsening ...

Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according ...

Positive data from 876-patient head-to-head trial versus Shingrix® shows amezosvatein elicits robust humoral and cellular immune responses ...

New research presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Cornea Subspecialty Day is part of the part of the 8-year ...