The varicella-zoster virus is responsible for about 1 million new shingles cases in the U.S. each year—and shingles vision side effects occur in about 80,000 of them. Despite the relative rarity of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antiviral treatment remains a cornerstone in preventing recurrence and reducing post-herpetic pain in herpes ...

Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according to new research led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the ...

Low-dose suppressive valacyclovir treatment of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) did not show significant benefits at 12 months but showed treatment superiority at 18 months and a reduction in the ...

Shingles, a painful, blistering skin rash caused by the same virus as chicken pox, has a sister disease, herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), or ocular shingles. HZO is a similar-looking infection that ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect around 1 in 3 people in their lifetime and it’s estimated that up to 1 million new cases of shingles will occur in the United States each year. Shingles (or ...

Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according to new research led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the ...