Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment opens doors for treating shingles in the eye. Will antiviral drug valacyclovir ...

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, 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

For some, the shingles virus remains dormant for the rest of a person’s life without ... This rash may also consist of raised blisters that may be accompanied by stabbing or shooting pain ...

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 ...

The expansion to the government program also means immunocompromised patients under 65 no longer have to ... last two to three weeks, shingles can lead to nerve pain that can last for months.