Expert-backed articles on symptoms, treatments, and prevention strategies to help you manage viral skin conditions with confidence.
18 June 2021
Health experts estimate that 50 percent of people who live to be 80 will have an attack of the herpes zoster virus, which you probably know as shingles. The virus, a version of the one that gave you chickenpox as a child, hides in your body…
Continue reading12 June 2021
If you are one of the fortunate people who have never experienced the virus, you certainly never want to. It is an uncomfortable condition that manifests with stabbing pain and a burning sensation. After experiencing the virus once, you’re…
Read article27 May 2021
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus called the varicella-zoster virus or VZV. While the same virus causes them, they are not the same illness. When a child becomes infected with chickenpox, the virus becomes latent in their…
Read article18 May 2021
Varicella-zoster, commonly known as “shingles,’ is a virus infection that causes a painful rash, usually on one side of the body. The varicella-zoster virus is the same virus that causes chickenpox. If you have had chickenpox as a child, th…
Read article27 April 2021
Shingles is a painful rash caused by a virus. Shingles can occur anywhere in your body, but mostly they appear as a single thread of blisters on the left or right side of the body. From the appearance of the rash, doctors can quickly diagno…
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