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Dr. Anne Oaklander answers the question: 'Best Way To Treat Shingles Pain?' — -- Question: What Is The Best Way To Treat Pain Associated With Shingles? Answer: Shingles is generally a painful ...

Shingles is the reactivation of the chickenpox virus in the body. After contracting chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus may lie dormant in nerves. It reappears as shingles when the body experiences ...

Shingles is a painful rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. The virus stays in your body even after you have recovered from chickenpox and your immune system keeps it under control.

Herpes and shingles both cause blistering rashes. Herpes typically affects the face or mouth, or the genitals or rectum. In contrast, shingles usually affects one side of the body close to the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Donohue - Will you address the problem of shingles? I am 82 and have it. My doctor has me taking acyclovir. How long ...

Growing up in San Francisco in the 1930s and ’40s, Dianne Goldman weathered outbreaks of polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, mumps and chickenpox. With vaccines for many childhood diseases ...

ATLANTA - If you've every had chickenpox, Dr. Jayne Morgan, a cardiologist and executive director of health and community education at Piedmont Healthcare, says you need to know about shingles. "So, ...

Thanks to its hallmark rash, which is characterized by red to brownish bumps that blister, leak fluid, and scab over, shingles, a.k.a. herpes zoster, is usually simple to diagnose. In its earliest ...