An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Shingles is a painful skin condition caused by the same virus as chickenpox. It most often affects people over 50 years old, and outbreaks usually ...

Shingles is a reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the virus that causes chickenpox. It can lead to a painful, blistering skin rash. Shingles is also called herpes zoster. You may have read ...

In the 1990s, an average of 4 million people per year contracted chickenpox in the United States. Now that vaccines are widely available, this number has dropped to about 350,000 per year. After a ...

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 ...

Some people experience regular pain in the chest area, caused by things like heartburn and indigestion, which pose no real threat to health. Most chest pain isn’t a sign of something serious, but in ...

Shingles causes you to develop a blistering rash that can last 2-4 weeks. You will often have flu-like symptoms before the shingles rash develops. Early treatment can prevent complications and speed ...