While severe pain and burning are typical symptoms, tingling and buzzing sensations, along with numbness, can also be early ...

Dr. Miller says cleaning your rash once a day is plenty. If you choose to do so in the shower, use lukewarm water; high heat ...

Treatment for shingles on the face is the same as for shingles elsewhere on the body. Starting antiviral drugs, such as famciclovir, within 72 hours of the rash appearing may reduce symptoms and ...

You can develop shingles on the face. The rash looks like a group of small blisters or lesions that can itch, burn, or tingle. With treatment, the lesions and pain should subside in three to five ...

Shingles can lead to complications such as postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), which is persistent nerve pain following the rash. Treatment modalities for shingles include antiviral medications ...

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

But at least from a medical perspective, it doesn't really matter. The vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe cases ...

Early diagnosis and treatment along with high quality care may help provide good outcomes for people with disseminated shingles. Shingles is a painful, itchy rash that causes blisters to form on ...

Women at risk for Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia may especially benefit from the vaccine, a new study finds.