This is a particularly unpleasant condition with severe burning, throbbing or stabbing nerve pain.
Most people recover fully, but for some, the pain goes on for several months or even years – this is called post-herpetic neuralgia ( PHN). This can cause severe pain and lead to decreased vision or even permanent blindness in that eye. Sometimes shingles develops in the eye and may also affect the eyelid. The older you are, the more likely you are to have long-lasting pain. The rash usually appears a few days after the initial pain and tingling, and lasts for about a week. How long shingles lasts and how serious it can be These blisters usually affect an area on one side of the body, most commonly the chest but sometimes also the head, face and eye. These blisters can burst and turn into sores that eventually crust over and heal.
Shingles (also known as herpes zoster) is caused by the reactivation of an infection of a nerve and the area of skin that it serves, resulting in clusters of painful, itchy, fluid-filled blisters. Shingles can really affect your life, stopping you from doing all the things you usually enjoy. For some, the pain caused by shingles can last for many years. And the older you are, the worse it can be. Shingles can be very painful and tends to affect people more commonly as they get older. If the virus reactivates it causes a disease called shingles. If you did have it, then the virus that caused it can stay in your body for the rest of your life without you knowing it is there. Most of us had chickenpox when we were young, although some of us will not be aware that we’ve had it. Shingles isn’t like other infectious diseases because you don’t catch it from someone else. Anyone can develop shingles because most people have had chickenpox (even if they don’t remember having it). Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. There is a vaccine that helps reduce your risk of getting shingles and reduces the severity of symptoms if you develop the disease.