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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Dear Doctor K: I’ve been diagnosed with shingles. What can I take for the pain? Dear Reader: Shingles, also known as herpes zoster or just zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It is the ...

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).

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may have heard the words shingles and chickenpox bandied about together, and for good reason — the two illnesses go hand in ...

As we get older, our body’s immune system becomes weaker. The virus that causes chickenpox gets activated again later in life and causes shingles a painful rash with burning, tingling, and blisters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images From the moment you experience the first symptoms of shingles—a skin-tingling sensation followed by a rash on one ...

If you’re in your 40s or older, you might have memories of having chickenpox—the once-common childhood virus was a rite of passage that usually involved a week of itchy fluid-filled blisters, lots of ...