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I was recently diagnosed with the shingles and i've been taking antibiotics but a couple days after i started noticing bumps on my buttocks. can it be herpes and not shingles?
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Viral: shingles will not respond to antibiotics unless they lesions become infected with a bacteria
Answered 10/17/2015
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