Top answers from doctors based on your search:
can you get shingles on both sides of your body
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Bress answered
50 years experience Internal Medicine
Not likely.: Shingles is nearly always limited to one side of the body. In a person with an abnormal immune system the disease could be disseminated.
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
A 43-year-old member asked:
A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered
41 years experience Preventive Medicine
Absolutely, but very: rare. Shingles is essentially always expressed along distribution of peripheral nerve fibers, dermatomes, on one side. It is extremely rare (reasons u ... Read More
1
1 comment
1
1 thank
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jessica Khan answered
32 years experience Infectious Disease
Sorry some meds help: It sounds like you have a condition called post-herpetic neuralgia - the nerves where the shingles hid are still sensitive. It can continue to do so ... Read More
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Qamar Khan answered
17 years experience Pain Management
Yes it is possible: Shingles virus follows a dermatomal pattern and when found on both sides of the body it is many times around the abdomen/chest area or thoracic back a ... Read More
A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Harold Mandel answered
40 years experience General Practice
Get checked up: Shingles causes a painful rash which may appear as a stripe of blisters on the trunk of the body. It is possible for pain to persist even after the ra ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Maughon answered
24 years experience Pain Management
Shingles: Shingles in more than one are of the body can just be "dumb luck" or it can be the sign of a problem with the immune system. Only your doctor can answ ... Read More
2
2 thanks
A female asked:
Dr. Derek Farley answered
24 years experience Urgent Care
Yes: Get to a doctor and get treatment to prevent further outbreaks and to treat the current one
A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Glenn Messina answered
35 years experience Aesthetic Medicine
Yes and no: It is possible to have shingles in the mouth and that's about as inside as you will see with this disorder. The shingles form along a nerve root and c ... Read More
1
1 thank
A member asked:
Dr. Charles Gordon answered
Specializes in Adolescent Medicine
Usually: Shingles is reactivated chickenpox virus. You don't catch it some other person. It is from the chicken virus that infected you years ago when you wer ... Read More
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
24/7 visits
$15 per month