DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) right cheek. The active blisters lasted about three weeks.

You may have heard the words shingles and chickenpox bandied about together, and for good reason — the two illnesses go hand in hand. Though you may think the chickenpox you had as a kid is one and ...

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein remains hospitalized in San Francisco as she's being treated for shingles. The painful rash can cause complications, and can be especially dangerous for older people ...

Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is an infection that causes a rash. A shingles rash can be painful and blistering, and it often occurs on one side of the body or face. There may also be ongoing ...

We often think of chickenpox as a children's illness, but in reality, anyone can be affected. The virus can live dormant in ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Dr. Bob Cassady from the South Bend Clinic joins us every week on 16 News Now at Noon to answer your medical questions. Question #1 (from Sheila): “My hands itch like crazy.

Entrepreneur Ali Fedotowsky-Manno opens up about her unexpected shingles diagnosis at 36 and her husband’s thyroid cancer in ...

You can't pass shingles directly to another person, but you can transmit the virus that causes shingles, which is the same virus behind chickenpox.