PHN is characterised by pain lasting from three months to several years after the rash subsides, and it is also the most ...

This is known as ophthalmic shingles. VideoBCN/Shutterstock Ophthalmic shingles, also known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus, occurs around the eye. Often, it starts as a burning or tingling ...

Shingles without a rash is called zoster sine herpete (ZSH) or internal shingles. This type of shingles is rare since most people with shingles develop a telltale rash on one side of their body. ZSH ...

The strain - called herpes zoster ophthalmicus - affects the eyes. It is a “medical emergency” and without treatment can lead to scarring, vision loss and blindness, he said. Dr Whittington ...

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (seen in a different patient), or reactivation disease in the distribution of the first branch of the fifth cranial nerve, is a particularly dangerous subset of this ...