You can see what a shingles rash looks like here. A reactivation of the varicella-zoster (chickenpox) virus causes shingles. A shingles rash will affect the nerve pathway where the virus reactivates.
“It’s like a poison ivy rash that won’t go away,” Fellin described. Non-life-threatening, shingles can happen at any age, but it most typically affects people with stress, compromised ...
What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles vaccine? Get your questions answered in this WebMD slideshow. There are some common misconceptions about this ...
In Cantonese, shingles – a virus that causes a painful rash – is known as sang se, or “growing snakes”, because of the way the rash seems to creep like a snake under the skin.