From first sign to best treatment: Everything you need to know about shingles

TV presenter Patrick Kielty has shingles a painful skin rash that needs immediate medical attention if it is to heal quickly 

Patrick Kielty, shingles patient. Picture: Matt Crockett

Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty has shingles and is recovering at home. His wife, TV presenter Cat Deeley, is giving updates on his condition on ITV’s This Morning.

Killarney-based GP Gary Stack and the medical director of South Doc explains that shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox.