A rare complication of shingles is urinary retention, in which the bladder doesn't empty enough or at all when someone ...

AS July gets off to a sunny start, many of us are out and about enjoying the weather at festivals, village fetes and garden ...

A doctor has listed a number of symptoms that could be signs of a serious illness. Dr John Burke, Chief Medical Officer at AXA Health Insurance, has shared the early signs of shingles to look out ...

Jean Hill, 67, has urged extra caution when staying out in the sun after a dose in the heat caused her to develop shingles.

Shingles (herpes zoster) is not contagious, but the virus that causes it, varicella-zoster, can be. Although the risk of transmission is low, a person can become infected with the varicella-zoster ...

The virus, which also causes chickenpox, can lie dormant in the body after you recover from chickenpox. In some cases, the virus can reactivate, causing shingles to develop.

Shingles causes a painful rash on a person's skin (Image: Getty) "Shingles can affect anybody who has previously had chickenpox, but as we age our immune response naturally weakens, increasing the ...

The two-dose vaccine has been shown to have benefits beyond just developing shingles, although that alone should be impetus ...

Shingles causes a painful rash on a person's skin (Image: Getty) "Shingles can affect anybody who has previously had chickenpox, but as we age our immune response naturally weakens, increasing the ...