Herpes Zoster - Shingles

Shingles is a painful rash caused by reactivation of the chicken pox virus - varicella zoster. Learn more about the treatment options for shingles and its complications.

The Zostavax vaccine can reduce your chanced of developing shingles. Learn more about the shingles vaccine, and who should and shouldn't receive it.

Shingles is a painful rash that is caused by a reactivation of the chickenpox virus. Learn more about the potentially severe complications people can experience because of this disease.

Shingles is a painful rash caused by reactivation of the chicken pox virus - varicella zoster. Learn more about how shingles is contracted and what the rash looks like.

Good facts on herpes zoster, or shingles, and how the virus lies dormant for years.

Information about shingles, or herpes zoster, from your Senior Health Guide.

Information from Novartis, maker of Famvir - famciclovir - a treatment for shingles.

Information on shingles, herpes zoster, from the American Academy of Dermatologists.

More information about shingles or herpes zoster.