Shingles - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
2022年8月20日 · Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Shingles can occur anywhere on your body. It typically looks like a single stripe of blisters that wraps around the …
Shingles - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic
2022年8月20日 · Health care providers usually diagnose shingles based on the history of pain on one side of your body, along with the telltale rash and blisters. Your health care provider may …
Mayo Clinic Minute: What are eye shingles?
2019年4月15日 · You're probably familiar with shingles, a viral infection that causes a painful rash — usually on the body's torso. But did you know that shingles also can affect the eye? …
Housecall: Understanding shingles - Mayo Clinic News Network
2017年10月2日 · Shingles is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus remains inactive in nerve …
Acyclovir (oral route, intravenous route) - Mayo Clinic
2024年9月1日 · Acyclovir is used to treat the symptoms of chickenpox, shingles, herpes virus infections of the genitals (sex organs), the skin, the brain, and mucous membranes (lips and …
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Shingles — not just a band of blisters
2022年11月28日 · A person with shingles can pass the varicella-zoster virus to anyone who isn't immune to chickenpox. This happens through direct contact with the rash's open sores. Once …
Valacyclovir (oral route) - Mayo Clinic
2024年7月1日 · Valacyclovir is used to treat herpes virus infections, including herpes labialis (also known as cold sores), herpes zoster (also known as shingles), and herpes simplex (also …
Shingles: Not Just A Band of Blisters - Mayo Clinic News Network
2015年4月1日 · Shingles (herpes zoster) is a common condition in which the virus that causes chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus) reactivates after years of lying dormant in your body. As the …
Shingles sufferers could face risk of stroke, heart attack
2017年7月6日 · People who develop shingles have a 59 percent higher risk of heart attack than those who don't get the viral infection. That's according to a report published in the Journal of …
Mayo Clinic Minute: Don’t suffer with shingles
2017年2月8日 · Shingles is a viral infection that triggers a painful, blistery rash. It's caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, …