DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, affects about 30,000 people in Singapore each year. The viral infection, which causes ...

Q: I'm 81 years old and nine months ago I developed pain on the left side of my face and neck that was so excruciating it made me scream. A doctor told me I had shingles that would last six to eight ...

Shingles nerve pain, also known as postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), is the most common complication associated with shingles. Doctors can prescribe several different medications to help a person manage ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Donohue • Two months ago, I broke out in a shingles rash. I had some pain, but not a whole lot. After the rash left, the ...

Over nine in 10 people in Singapore aged 50 years or older carry the chickenpox virus that may reactivate as shingles. Read ...

A new drug, crisugabalin, has been approved in other countries but is not yet available in the United States. It has shown ...

March 3 -- The eye infection that has kept Late Show host David Letterman off the air is linked to shingles, an ailment caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox in children. "It's an infection ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about ...