A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella-zoster virus ...

Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.

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The infection can last for up to four weeks but pharmacists can help treat shingles quickly to help reduce the pain for the ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

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and I have read estimates that somewhere between 13% to 30% of people over 80 with shingles will develop PHN. Now that she’s ...

I don’t know of any treatment that will improve the likelihood ... but older people who have not had the newer two-dose shingles vaccine (Shingrix) should get it, even if they had the old ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles ...

“Patients sometimes tell me that they ‘hear bad things’ about [ED treatments],” Dr. Gross told The Post. “These medications are among the most broadly prescribed drugs of the last ...

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 ...