Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Different kinds of skin rashes include eczema, chickenpox, psoriasis, and shingles ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chickenpox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

Chickenpox in adults may be more severe and more dangerous to health than in children. Moreover, chickenpox in adults may be more severe and more dangerous to health than in children. Therefore, its ...

When most people think of chickenpox, they picture itchy red blisters on kids missing school. But here’s the surprising part: adults can get chickenpox too, and it tends to hit them much harder.

Being covered in itchy red bumps isnt anybody's idea of a good time. Even though the chickenpox vaccine has reduced cases by nearly 90 percent since it was introduced, its still possible to get this ...