Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according to new research led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
University of Pennsylvania Oct 21 2024
For patients who had recurrences or new findings of HZO, there was never a clear course of treatment to reliably prevent complications such as vision loss. Bennie Jeng, MD, chair of Ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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