This leaflet provides information about Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)infections of the mouth, face, and eyes. It explains how you catch the virus, how it establishes a lifelong infection in the nervous system, and how it can then be responsible for occasional outbreaks on the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
 

This leaflet provides information about shingles (herpes zoster). The disease may affect any part of the body and is nearly always confined to one area.
 

This leaflet provides information about chickenpox, which is still thought of as a mild childhood illness. However, there can be severe complications in some children, and in adolescents and adults.