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Shingles relapse symptoms
A 50-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gregory Mosolfanswered
Pediatrics 26 years experience
Painful rash: It is a one sided rash usually in a band or belt - like distribution. There is usually pain or some kind of unpleasant sensation such as tingling or ... Read More
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Shingles Symptoms: Shingles can cause fairly dramatic pain which is followed within a few days by a rash. It usually appears in a particular location on one side of the ... Read More
258 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. William Newtonanswered
Pain Management 20 years experience
Rash: Normally there is a rash that may appear as red bumps that can be small and look like clusters of blisters. It usually follows a patter and is on one ... Read More
3.5k viewsAnswered >2 years agoMerged
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Simon Tsiourisanswered
Infectious Disease 24 years experience
1-2 weeks: The rash that occurs with shingles usually lasts about 7-10 days before all the lesions dry up and begin to fall off. Lifelong scarring occasionally ... Read More
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Vicki Levineanswered
Dermatology 42 years experience
Shingles: Usually pain on one side of the body comes before the rash of shingles, which is also called herpes zoster. The blisters develop in that area. If you ... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Barry Bergmananswered
Pediatrics 42 years experience
Varies: Shingles can have groups of lesions which occur for 1-7 days then progress to crusts and healing over the next 1-2 weeks.
5.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sharon Ann Clarkanswered
Plastic Surgery 42 years experience
Possibly contagious: If any one has shingles, the patient has vesicles in a dermatomal distribution. Those vesicles could be contagious. It would be most important not to ... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ihab Ibrahimanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Chicken Pox: Then possibly shingles
no, end. It recurs when your immunity is low. So, stay healthy, and that will be the end of it (though virus will live forever... Read More
5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sharon Ann Clarkanswered
Plastic Surgery 42 years experience
Pain/lesions pattern: Shingles is extremely painful with lesions or rash in a nerve root distribution. The patient had chicken pox before, and the virus sits in the dorsal ... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ryan Venisanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Maybe...: The rash makes the diagnosis so to speak, but many times pain precedes the actual skin changes. So by letting your doctor know it feels like your prev... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ivelisse Rivera-Godreauanswered
Family Medicine 25 years experience
Besides...: Besides the localized pain and rash that shingles cause it may also present with flu like symptoms. So yes, you may experience symptoms of weakness an... Read More
3.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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