The symptoms are typically rather vague at first: pain, itching, fatigue. Might it be shingles? Dr Kerstin Lommel, chief physician in the Department of Dermatology and Allergology at Berlin's Helios ...

Shingles can be triggered at any age. We still don’t know exactly what causes the chickenpox, or varicella-zoster, virus to reactivate, but it can happen at any age.

However, shingles is more than just a painful rash. I can actually damage the e (KUTV) As you get older, your immune system begins to weaken.

Call your doctor as soon as a rash appears -- or you have any symptom you think may be shingles. If you had it once, you know the symptoms. That can give you a head start on the road to recovery.

Shingles can damage your cornea, the clear layer in the front. ... Call your doctor if you have pain or a rash on one side of your head or body. You should see an eye doctor if: ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Shingles. You likely don’t think about it, until you have it. Growing up, you may have heard the virus is something that only affects people your grandparents&#821… ...

Q) I AM suffering from neuralgia in my head after having shingles for seven or eight weeks. Do you have a cure for the pain, which is now in the left hand side of my face, affecting my eye and my … ...

If you do develop a shingles rash on your head or neck, Dr. Cohen recommends seeing an ophthalmologist who is a fellowship trained cornea specialist ASAP. Macaela MacKenzie is a writer and editor ...