ORLANDO -- While patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are historically more prone to herpes zoster attacks, those who received recombinant zoster vaccines had a far lower risk of the painful ...

In older adults, herpes zoster is associated with pain and disability that can endure as postherpetic neuralgia, and treatments for acute and chronic symptoms are suboptimal. The herpes zoster vaccine ...

—Regardless of whether they’re on immunosuppressive therapy, individuals suffering from inflammatory bowel disease have a greater risk for herpes zoster. Now, a new study says, these patients are also ...

A 26-year-old female presented to Kijabe Mission Hospital with a diffuse rash and dyspnea. The patient had been well until 5 days prior to admission when a pruritic rash began on her face, neck, and ...

Herpes zoster is the manifestation of reactivated latent varicella zoster virus in the sensory ganglia. This syndrome often starts with a prodrome of malaise, headache and photophobia. The typical ...

The patient’s nodules were keloid scars due to herpes zoster. With age-related decrease in cell-mediated immunity, the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that has been lying dormant in a dorsal root ...

We report a rare presentation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, in which severe abdominal pain associated with inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) preceded the classic ...

Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with underlying immunodeficiency and may thereby predict mortality of subsequent cancer. Prior HZ was associated with decreased mortality within the year after cancer ...

Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is an infection that causes a rash. A shingles rash can be painful and blistering, and it often occurs on one side of the body or face. There may also be ongoing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Herpes zoster is the manifestation of reactivated latent varicella zoster virus in the sensory ganglia. This ...