Valtrex (valacyclovir hydrochloride) is a prescription antiviral drug that can shorten the duration of cold sores, genital herpes, and shingles. It may cause mild side effects in some people. Valtrex ...

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Shingles typically manifests as a painful rash, often accompanied by blisters that can break open and crust over. The rash ...

After the sores broke open and I got a pain in my chest -- not on my chest, but deep inside my chest -- I knew it was time to call the doctor. The episode had started a week earlier, as seven bumps ...

Q. I believe the herpes virus that causes cold sores or fever blisters is similar to the virus causing shingles. Ever since I received the two-shot lifetime shingles vaccination, I have had ...

The idea that you can "catch" shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried they've got it. Often, they've recently been near a child with chickenpox or ...

As Philip Schofield returned to the This Morning sofa on Monday, his regular on-screen partner, Holly Willoughby, 42, was missing from his side. Instead, the normally effervescent presenter was at ...