The study examined the long-term use of the existing antiviral treatment valacyclovir, which is already used to initially treat any case of shingles, albeit only for seven to 10 days. The ...

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 ...

The ZEDS study supports extending antiviral treatment to a year, beyond the standard 7-10 days, for better outcomes. Prevention through the Shingrix vaccine is emphasized, with low vaccination rates ...

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

Tzanck smear. MedlinePlus. Chickenpox and shingles tests. Kang SY, Um JY, Chung BY, Kim JC, Park CW, Kim HO. Differential diagnosis and treatment of itching in children and adolescents.

Common shingles vaccine (Shingrix) side effects include mild pain and redness at the injection site. Some people have fatigue, headache, and fever after getting the shingles shot. The side effects of ...

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 ...

When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to get the shingles vaccine. Despite Greeley’s best intentions ...