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

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, ...

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

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

Instead, when she was 68, shingles got her. Shingles inflames the nerves, and even now, more than three years later, the intense pain ... along nerve pathways, typically creating a rash on one ...

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 ...

More serious side effects after a shingles shot, like an allergic reaction, are rare. The shingles vaccination helps prevent shingles (herpes zoster) and complications of the illness, such as nerve ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash ... pain syndrome that often accompanies shingles, especially in patients over age 65. "Up until now, there has been no ...

Through experiments on mice infected with a herpes virus, scientists discovered an immune system sensor that detects viral ...