Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots ...

Not all trials found a benefit, but the largest trial found that intrathecal injections led to excellent or good pain relief ...

I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five ...

Around Aug. 1, I noticed some spots on my forearm that appeared to be a spider bite. I went to my family ... I never really had itching or an extensive rash, but intense pain and burning developed ...

I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV). Around Aug. 1, I ...

Around Aug. 1, I noticed some spots on my forearm that appeared to be a spider bite. I went to my family ... I never really had itching or an extensive rash, but intense pain and burning developed ...

While bites and infections can be confused, there are ways to tell them apart. Spider bites and other insect bites can cause one or several rashes or lesions, with fluid-filled blisters called bullae.

While your symptoms will vary depending on the mite that caused the reaction, there are some general signs that can help you identify a mite bite from, say, a spider bite. If you want to find out ...