Shingles: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Complications, and Prevention
Shingles is a painful infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After someone has chickenpox, the virus remains inactive in the body and can reactivate years later. This reactivation causes shingles, also called herpes zoster. The illness usually produces pain followed by a rash on one side of the body. […]