Shingles Relief: Symptoms, Pain Duration and Treatments

Shingles can cause severe nerve pain that often worsens at night. From treating blisters with ointments to understanding the side effects of calamine lotion, managing shingles in women and the elderly is crucial.

What Happens If Shingles Are Not Treated with Medicine?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Stephanie Dube Dwilson

Physicians diagnose about 500,000 new cases of shingles in the United States each year. There is no treatment for shingles, which is a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox; however, antiviral medications can reduce the length and severity of symptoms.