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Yes. Generally the rash confides to one area of the body, sometimes the chest, normally the upper back or neck.
Some people get the pain but never develop the rash. These cases are much more difficult to diagnose and can be mistaken for other diseases. Your doctor would need to do a blood test to confirm the diagnosis.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoAlways to some degree. Shingles are Herpes Zoster a virus that lives in nerve tissue.
Anytime nerves are involved, pain of some degree is to be expected. Burning and skin sensitivity are the first signs even before the rash is visible.
Pain can be ongoing long after the rash has healed.
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∙ 12y agonot that I've ever seen
Edit - Shingles can occur without a rash but it is much harder for your doctor to diagnose. Characterized by pain starting usually on you back near the spine and spreading around one side of your body to the breast bone.
If you suspect Shingles as the cause for your pain bring it up to your doctor, especially if you have been dehydrated or overly stressed just before the onset of pain.
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∙ 9y agoRash is not a universal symptom and sign in the singles. But then the diagnosis becomes very difficult without the rash and can not be confirmed. Such patients do get relief with the course of carbamazepine. But then that is not the confirmatory sign.
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∙ 12y agoi dont know sorry
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∙ 14y agoNo.
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Will the shingles rash appear on the elbow?
yes because i have had it on the elbow before.
Is shingles contagious before the rash breaks out?
Shingles cannot be transmitted from person to person but the chicken box virus that causes shingles can be passed on to someone who has never contracted the shingles virus before. When the shingles rash has developed it is contagious but is not likely to be passed to another person if it is covered up.
What is shingles and what are the signs and symptoms?
When the virus that causes chickenpox reactivates, it causes shingles. Early symptoms of shingles include headache, sensitivity to light, and flu-like symptoms without a fever. You may then feel itching, tingling, or pain where a band, strip, or small area of rash may appear several days or weeks later. A rash can appear anywhere on the body but will be on only one side of the body, the left or right. The rash will first form blisters, then scab over, and finally clear up over a few weeks. This band of pain and rash is the clearest sign of shingles.
Are there times when the shingles rash looks more like bug bites than blisters?
Yes, shingles rash can look like bug bites as well as blisters. There is no one way that shingles looks.
Can shingles rash be cultured?
no if you had chicken poks when you were little and you go through a lot of stress you can get shingles my grandma had them
Why would my left lower side hurt and it has a rash?
Shingles
What are the symptoms of the illness shingles?
Shingle is a painful skin rash. The symptoms of shingles includes pain, burning, a numbness or tingling, itching, a red rash that begins a few days after the pain.
How long does fatigue last after shingles with no rash?
I would say that you can't reliably diagnose zoster (shingles) without the rash. Some specialists have coined the term "zoster sine herpete" for symptoms (usually pain) without any rash that they believe is due to the varicella virus (the cause of chicken pox and then shingles) but the existence of this has been difficult to establish and it is nearly impossible (some would say impossible) to diagnose in most clinical settings.
What symptoms does shingles present with?
Usually, the first symptom of shingles is a tingling or itching on the skin which develops into an often painful rash. Since shingles can affect any part of the body, this can occur anywhere. The person can then often develop fever, chills and headaches.
Can shingles be spread through skin contact?
Shingles is an outbreak of the chicken pox virus that causes a rash on the skin. But before the rash shows up, and after the rash is gone, the virus affects the nerves leading to the skin. Right before the rash shows up, a person affected by shingles might feel an itchy, burny pain in that area. After the rash is gone, the patient might have pain or discomfort in that area for some time -- again, related to the nerve involvement and not the skin rash itself. So, to be precise, shingles always develops "under the skin." The skin symptoms make it easiest to diagnose, but it's not the skin symptoms that cause the greatest aggravation with shingles.
What is tingling small blood rash on torso?
it could possibly be shingles.
Can you put hydrocortisone on the shingles rash?
Hydrocortizone cream is safe to put on a shingles rash. You can also get prescription Lidocane from you doctor to apply. Avoid Benadryl as it can cause the rash to worsen in some people. Also avoid Bagbalm as it causes a burning sensation.
