Shingles under the breast occurs when the virus that causes shingles, known as the varicella-zoster virus, reactivates in the area of skin serviced by the T5 nerve. The T5 nerve, which emerges from ...

Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, pictured here, and not the herpes zoster virus, which causes shingles. (Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images) Monkeypox is not the same thing as shingles.

Shingles is not the same disease as monkeypox, the two diseases are caused by viruses from different families, and they are unlikely to be mistaken for each other based on laboratory tests or physical ...

A 49-year-old man presents to an emergency department in Jacksonville, Florida, for a rash on the right side of his chest along with skin lesions. On physical examination, he seems confused, although ...

Herpes zoster (HZ), or shingles, is a painful outbreak of skin lesions caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) along a dermatome (an area of skin supplied by sensory neurons).