Shingles can cause a painful rash with blisters that might appear on only one side of the face. Prompt treatment with antiviral medications can help reduce the severity of the rash and prevent ...

First for Women: Elma Baron, professor of dermatology, offered advice on what treatments are available to treat shingles. “See your doctor right away if you think you have shingles. The sooner it’s ...

There’s a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there’s a new treatment ...

Why it happens: Shingles is caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, herpes zoster. Following the initial infection, usually in childhood, the virus migrates to the nervous system and can lay ...

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 ...

1923 star and Indiana Jones legend has had to pull out of the Oscars after being diagnosed with shingles. Ford, who is 82, had been due to take to the stage at the prestigious Hollywood ceremony on ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the oldest serving member of Congress, was released from a San Francisco hospital on Tuesday after being treated for shingles. Feinstein, 89, revealed last week that she was ...

Nov. 12, 2025 – Two years ago, Lisa Junker left a holiday party early with an intense earache. She was diagnosed with swimmer's ear and sent home with antibiotic drops. But when she awoke days later ...