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I think o have shingles on my feet but i have never had chicken pox. it blisters and burns. no otc or prescription foot stuff helps. ideas?
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Shingles????: Any rash that is painful and burns may not be shingles. Shingles typically happens as a blustery rash which is spread along single dermatome and is not bilaterally symmetrical- meaning if it happens it never involves both sides of body. It typically involves only one side. Now about your feet-- fungus on feet and/or secondary bacterial infection can produce same symptoms. See a md.
Answered 9/24/2015
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