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Can you get shingles on the front of your knee?
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Knee shingles ?: Shingles (zoster) usually affects the truck/chest/thorax/abdomen/back (thoracic and lumbar dermatomes). But the head, neck, face, eyes, nose, arms, buttocks, legs (including the knees), etc. Can be affected. Little grouped blister may be seen (not always). There are contagious. Self-diagnosis is not advised.
Answered 3/24/2018
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