Risk of Stroke is Higher After Shingles

A new study has suggested that patients' risk of stroke significantly increased following the first signs of shingles, but antiviral drugs appeared to offer some protection. The study appears in iClinical Infectious Diseases/i. People with shingles, an often painful skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, had a higher stroke risk in the first 6 months after shingles symptoms appeared; this risk was particularly increased in patients with a ...