After a person has had chickenpox, the virus remains dormant ... "The clearest symptom of shingles is a rash consisting of groups of blisters on reddened skin in the affected areas," says Lommel.

According to doctors, shingles, which accompany a body rash, are usually caused in those who had chickenpox when they were young. Caused by the varicella-zoster virus—the same virus that causes ...

Many of us think of chickenpox as a childhood illness, a harmless rite of passage that fades into memory once the itchy blisters heal. However, what most people don’t realize is that the virus behind ...

Shingles is a painful rash which occurs in someone who has previously had chickenpox. Ever since your mother had chickenpox the Varicella Zoster virus which caused it has laid silently in the ...

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

But an active shingles rash is highly contagious to other people until the blisters dry up and scab over. If someone who’s never had chickenpox comes in direct contact with the rash, they may ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection that causes a skin rash, starting with red bumps ... But the virus can return as shingles, for which a separate vaccine is available.

People aged 50 and over and those who are immunocompromised are more at risk of getting shingles, as well as developing a ...

The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is warning of a potential chickenpox exposure at the Montreal Children’s Hospital ...