Dear K.B.: Your mother unfortunately developed a complication of shingles called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). The pain ...

There are some things that can be done to help ease the pain, but no cure for postherpetic neuralgia which can be a shingles ...

As a general rule, the older a person is when they develop shingles, the more likely they are to develop postherpetic ...

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) right cheek. The active blisters lasted about three weeks. Since then, she ...

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) ...

Q: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser ... a sense of desperation, and some pain. She’s been prescribed ...