Shingle Symptoms

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new Merck vaccine to prevent shingles in people over 60 years of age or older, "the first and only medical option approved for the prevention of herpes zoster, ". This disease is characterized by blister-like eruptions. It is caused by the reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox and can lead to various shingles symptoms like severe complications including long-term nerve pain (postherpe