Shingles rashes typically develop on the chest, neck, forehead, and lower back, but they can also appear anywhere on the body, including the face and scalp. Pain may peak as you notice a rash ...

A shingles rash. (Wikimedia Commons) One of Fellin’s patients, Kathleen Ruscett of Wyomissing, developed a rash on her back about a year and half ago. It wasn’t sore, and she had no idea what ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Shingles under the breast occurs when the virus that causes shingles, known as the ...

The rash of shingles appears usually on one side of the body: face, abdomen, chest, or back, and lasts for 2-4 weeks. It appears as a cluster of blisters filled with fluid, which later burst and ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

Shingles will result when the virus reactivates and travels back up the nerve pathways and into the skin. Anyone who has ever had chickenpox is at risk of shingles later in life, usually as an older ...

Along with nerve damage, other pain is also ongoing. Many experience pain flares where the shingles rash occurred. The ribs and areas on the scalp, face, and back remain extremely sensitive. “Had it ...

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...