Essential facts and more detailed information, including management guidelines for health workers. Includes cause and incidence, signs and symptoms, complications, treatment, and prognosis. Shingles in older adults.
Topics covered include causes, treatments, ongoing research, and links to other resources.
An article about how the herpes zoster virus may also affect the eye in a condition known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Fact sheet explaining shingles, causes and treatment from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. An overview of this disorder which is commonly known as shingles. A look at the signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. The eyes are sometimes affected by herpes zoster.