Dr. Miller says cleaning your rash once a day is plenty. If you choose to do so in the shower, use lukewarm water; high heat ...

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Cases of the common childhood infection can soar between March and May and there's one symptom many would not recognise ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

It can spread when you touch or breathe in droplets from an infected person’s cough or sneeze or when you touch their chickenpox rash.” A soft play center owner has slammed “selfish ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to ...

Article continues below But chickenpox has a lesser-known symptom which can present a day or two before any rash appears. That symptom is irritability. A child with chickenpox will develop a rash ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect around 1 in 3 people in their lifetime and it’s estimated that up to 1 million new ...

A diagnosis of chickenpox can usually be made from the characteristic chickenpox rash (see box on clinical features/symptoms), although the rash may not be widespread in children. If in doubt, ask if ...

Catching a gnarly cold or getting a hellish sunburn can throw a wrench into any vacation, but shingles can be a whole other level of pain to deal with. It’s bad enough to get it when you’re in the ...