While severe pain and burning are typical symptoms, tingling and buzzing sensations, along with numbness, can also be early ...

If you have a shingles rash or blisters in or around the eyes, you should see an ophthalmologist. They can examine your eyes and treat eye symptoms before they worsen and lead to permanent eye damage.

Since around 15 to 25% of all shingles cases are HZO in nature and can threaten the eye, it’s important to recognize this eye disease, the need for treatment, and a possible prevention option.

When shingles affects the eyes, doctors may refer to it as herpes zoster ophthalmicus. People with weak immune systems, including older people, people with HIV, and people taking drugs that weaken ...

If it infects an eye it can cause vision loss ... The study tracked people in Wales who were around 80 when receiving the world's first-generation shingles vaccine over a decade ago.