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Can diyalisis cause you to have a rash that looks like shingles?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

May be shingles: End-stage renal disease is immune compromising, which can predispose to shingles outbreaks, so might be that--which you need to tell your nephrologist about, as may transmit to others at dialysis. Could be other things as well for same reason, so really needs dr's evaluation.

Answered 6/14/2013

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