If you've ever had shingles, you'd know how particularly uncomfortable the experience is. Caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) -- aka the chickenpox virus -- in the body, ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus that causes shingles is already inside your body. The risk of getting shingles increases as the immune system naturally declines with age. “It ...

Shingles is a painful blistering rash caused by the chickenpox virus that can last for weeks, months, or even years, and can cause blindness if it gets near the eye, and doctors recommend that people ...

Many people think shingles—a viral infection that causes a painful rash—is something only older people deal with, given that the risk generally increases with age. But Jacquelyn Gill, a professor at ...

Shingles can be a very painful experience that affects around one in four adults in their lifetime. The infection, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus which also ...

Shingles is the reactivation of the chickenpox virus in the body. After contracting chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus may lie dormant in nerves. It reappears as shingles when the body experiences ...

The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images/triocean If you’re in your 40s or older, you might have memories of having chickenpox—the once-common childhood virus ...