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I have some rashes that started 3 days ago. it's around my chest area. it's like a cluster or red tiny bumps and now spread to underneath armpits?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Virus: Rash of localized "red bumps... Which spread from chest to armpit", in a middle age man, is compatible with shingles. The virus follows nerve tracts, suggested by this pattern of evolution. If caught early enough, a course of medication can be prescribed by doctor to abort the advancing infection.

Answered 12/12/2019

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