Shingles — also known as zoster, herpes zoster or zona — is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters involving a limited area. Typically the rash occurs on either the left or ...

The oldest sitting member of the Senate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is recovering at home after a recent hospitalization secondary to the viral infection called shingles, according to multiple ...

If you’re in your 40s, shingles isn’t just an older-adult problem—it’s the chickenpox virus waking up decades later, and it can hit you now. Getting it before age 50 significantly raises your chances ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old California Democrat, recently announced she is out of the hospital and recovering at home from shingles, a painful viral inflammation in the skin’s nerves that ...

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 ...

Tingling, numbness, or pain on the skin Blisters full of fluid that ooze when they open Soreness around the eyes or ears that make hearing and seeing a bit harder Numbness Skin sensitivity Mayo Clinic ...

If you're over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But ...

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