How to Manage Shingles Pain
Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection that causes pain during an active outbreak and long after the itchy, red, blister-filled rash has healed—a condition known as postherpetic neuralgia.[1,2] It’s caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox: the varicella-zoster virus. [1] Certain conditions—like cancer, HIV, transplants, stress, diabetes, or having a weakened immune system—can …