Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash.

Common shingles vaccine (Shingrix) side effects include mild pain and redness at the injection site ... typically spreading up from the lower half of your body (e.g., the legs). Guillain-Barré ...

COLLODIAL OATMEAL HAS anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that benefit the skin in a variety of ways, Dr. Lio says.

How does our brain register an itch? We find out from a National Skin Centre expert why medical conditions such as chronic ...

Unfortunately, that didn't seem to be the end of her sickness, and her daughter started developing a rash and blisters on her arms and legs. RELATED ... According to Pampers, chickenpox is usually a ...

The rash typically starts as a crop of red patches which within hours become red lumps and then blisters. These crust over after three to four days. In mild cases ... arms and legs and scalp ...

You may have: nosebleeds bleeding gums heavy periods blood in your urine (pee) or stools (poo) tiny red, brown or purple spots that may look like a rash – these spots can ... If you have diarrhoea or ...

Not only is the disease itself disruptive, often causing body rashes that lead to significant discomfort, it also presents the risk of developing shingles in the future. We asked our experts how ...

When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to get the shingles vaccine. Despite Greeley’s best intentions ...

When Francine Burge, 58, a marketing manager for the state of Nevada, had shingles seven years ago, the rash appeared on her forehead, and she worried that the virus might travel to her eye and ...