The shingles eye infection also known as Herpes Zoster is a term that refers to the chicken pox virus that recurs in a person in later years of life after a person has once suffered from chicken pox early in life. The onset of shingles can be a result of weakness to the immune system caused by old age, stress, poor nutrition, fatigue etc. The virus travels along the nerve fibres and affects isolated areas of the skin. The infected areas develop a sort of rash and can be accompanied by pain, itching, blisters, skin discolouration, numbness and permanent discolouration. Shingles spreads from the skin of the surrounding facial area and affects the lower or upper eye lids. This is a contagious disease that can spread through physical contact.
