Shingles Beyond the Skin: Understanding the Neurological Complications of Shingles

Shingles Beyond the Skin: Understanding the Neurological Complications of Shingles

That burning pain might not be “just a rash.” It could be Shingles; a painful viral infection caused by the same virus that gives you chickenpox. If you’ve ever had chickenpox, the virus can wake up years later and strike again as shingles, often with burning pain, blisters, and tingling on one side of the body.

-Dr Olanike Odeniyi

MBBS, FWACP (Neurol.) Consultant Physician and Neurologist, Department of Medicine, General Hospital Lagos, Odan, Marina.

-Sanjay Vaswani

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