VideoBCN/Shutterstock Ophthalmic shingles, also known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus, occurs around the eye. Often, it starts as a burning or tingling sensation on the scalp, cheeks, or forehead.

While red and itchy like other rashes, the shingles rash is otherwise very distinct. Vesicles (fluid-filled sacs) are ...

Diseases that can affect your nerves include shingles and diabetes. Scarring can damage nerves. If you have hair loss that has caused scars that run deep, the scars may have damaged your nerves. This ...

But in that third person, it does, manifesting as herpes zoster, or shingles. It starts as pain, itching, burning, or tingling in a narrow band on one side of the face and scalp, on one side of the ...

PHN is characterised by pain lasting from three months to several years after the rash subsides, and it is also the most ...

The most common symptoms are a skin rash found mostly on the face, scalp and trunk. Most infected individuals have a fever, which develops just before the rash appears. Anyone who has recovered from ...

Psoriasis commonly occurs on the scalp, elbows, knees, and lower back. It may be itchy or asymptomatic. Shingles causes a very painful rash that may burn, tingle, or itch, even if no blisters are ...

The most common symptoms are a skin rash found mostly on the face, scalp and trunk. Most infected individuals have a fever, which develops just before the rash appears. Anyone who has recovered from ...