Two words come to mind for Elizabeth Banks after her showdown with shingles: "Not fun." ...

Can you imagine a rash so painful that it disrupts your daily life, lingering for weeks or even months? This is the reality of shingles, a condition affecting many older adults but remains largely ...

A rash will usually appear a few days later. In rare cases shingles can cause pain without a rash. Usually you get the shingles rash on your chest and tummy, but it can appear anywhere on your ...

There's little downtime in Martin's active day-to-day life, which is why she made it a priority to get vaccinated against shingles — a painful, blistering skin rash that is more likely to affect ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus that causes shingles is already inside your body. The risk of getting shingles increases as the immune system naturally declines with age.

However, they work best when taken as soon as the rash starts. When Shingles is identified, antiviral medicine is advised as the initial course of treatment. One can prevent chickenpox and ...

Shingles is only contagious through direct contact with the rash if the blisters are oozing. Most often, shingles is treated with antiviral medications. These drugs can reduce the severity of the ...

Aside from anti-virals, your health-care provider may prescribe pain medication or lotions to help ease the shingles rash itself. Shingles (herpes zoster) is not contagious. However, the virus that ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Shingles (herpes zoster) usually occurs on the torso and face, but it may also ...