Shingles is “one of the worst pains in medicine.” A vaccine is highly effective at preventing it, but many people don’t get ...

Shingles generally lasts about three to five weeks. The rash associated with shingles usually crusts over within seven to 10 days for people with a healthy immune system and then clears up within two ...

When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to get the shingles vaccine. Despite Greeley’s best intentions, life got busy, ...

Instead, when she was 68, shingles got her. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the ... for years - with long-term vision loss or nerve pain. Lowe was only 40 when he got sick, and he ...

Actor and advocate Brooke Shields says learning how to embrace aging and prioritize preventive health in her 50s feels "like ...

Instead, when she was 68, shingles got her ... from The Washington Post. Shingles inflames the nerves, and even now, more than three years later, the intense pain she experienced is seared ...

Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Shingles inflames the nerves, and even now, more than three years later, the intense pain ...

They prescribe gabapentin for migraines, insomnia, itching, bipolar disorder, sciatica, nerve pain, postsurgical pain, back pain and lingering pain after shingles. Gabapentin (Neurontin ...

An Australian radio host has detailed the debilitating viral infection she contracted during a luxurious Bali holiday.