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I have been diagnosed with shingles about 1 and a half months ago. the rash is on both sides of my cheekbone .the rash has reoccurred. from saturday. i have dull headaches all the time and really not feeling great. please help?
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Doubt shingles: Shingles is a re-activation of a dormant chickenpox virus. That virus was pushed into dormancy by the bodies immune system and resides in nerve roots near the spinal cord. One consistent feature of shingles is emergence on one side of the body, having traveled down the nerve on that side. If your rash appears on both sides or crosses the midline, I doubt it is shingles.
Answered 5/22/2018
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