Shingles under the breast occurs when the virus that causes shingles, known as the varicella-zoster virus, reactivates in the area of skin serviced by the T5 nerve. The T5 nerve, which emerges from ...

I recently reached the age when my primary care doctor recommended that I get the shingles vaccine. As a physician, I know shingles is a painful and debilitating disease and that the vaccine works.

Shingles, caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, can affect people of any age, not just older adults, and is increasingly being seen in younger patients. Elizabeth Matthews shared her ...