Shingles is “one of the worst pains in medicine.” A vaccine is highly effective at preventing it, but many people don’t get ...

or legs. Between 10% and 18% of people who have shingles are left with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). It's more common in older people. With PHN, pain continues even after shingles is gone.

Bob Mortimer issued a health update on Friday's This Morning after ... shingles is a terrible thing, you can get lucky with it or unlucky. I got a bit unlucky with it, I lost the use of one of my ...

Jane Dausch has a neurological condition called transverse myelitis and uses gabapentin as needed when her legs and ... the nerve pain that can linger after a bout of shingles, in 2002.

Shingles is a funny-sounding name for a seriously painful disease. How painful? That's hard to put into words. Printable ones, at least. Officially, shingles pain can range from mild to severe.

My hands shook as I texted my husband. I felt unmoored in my body, as if I’d awoken in a different house than the one where I ...

Common Causes: Viral germs acquired from an object or when they travel via air droplets after someone ... characterized by pain and discomfort in the lower and upper back, legs, and buttocks ...

Broadcaster Eamonn Holmes, 64, has faced serious health concerns in recent years and suffered a horror fall last year that ...

The 65-year-old comedian was ‘looked after’ by his co-star Paul Whitehouse, 65, during his health crisis, which left him without the use of one of his legs ... if shingles affects a facial nerve, and ...

Gabapentin is used off-label to treat menopausal hot flashes, back pain, nerve pain, fibromyalgia, itching, restless leg syndrome and more.

as well as for the treatment of restless leg syndrome (RLS) and postherpetic neuralgia (a form of nerve and skin pain that’s a complication of shingles). Gabapentin is sometimes used in an off ...

Bob Mortimer issued a health update on Friday's This Morning after ... shingles is a terrible thing, you can get lucky with it or unlucky. I got a bit unlucky with it, I lost the use of one of my ...