Mythbusting

In the August 2023 edition of the journal Ophthlamology, Todd Margolis and Anat Galor authored an article about common myths in the field.

The first myth that they describe has to do with Hutchinson’s sign in shingles. The bottom line is this: when there is a shingles rash over the upper face, eye involvement is possible and should be looked for. Hutchinson’s sign is the term used to describe a rash on the tip of the nose. The myth is that there is a really important relationship between shingles affecting the eye and shingles affecting the tip of the nose. While the tip of the nose might be involved, there can be eye involvement in upper face shingles whether or not there is a nose rash.