While you may be familiar with shingles, the severity of its symptoms — a rash, fluid-filled blisters, nerve pain that can feel like burning or tingling — and the risk of serious long-term complications are often overlooked.
Shingles is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster (aka herpes zoster) virus, the same virus responsible for chickenpox. After you’ve had chickenpox, the virus can stay dormant in nerve tissue for decades before reactivating later in life.
Shingles can cause itchiness, fever, headache, and fatigue. It can sometimes lead to complications like long-term nerve pain, vision loss, and problems with…
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