Some people have such mild symptoms of shingles that they don t seek medical treatment.
What is shingles symptoms and treatment.
It can cause flu like symptoms such as.
It typically produces a painful rash with blisters that can be dangerous in some people.
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Seek early treatment mayo clinic health letter june 2002.
They ll usually be able to diagnose shingles based on your symptoms and the appearance of the rash.
This is most often the waist chest abdomen or back.
Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso.
Shingles also called zoster or herpes zoster is a viral infection that affects the nerves.
Your doctor can usually diagnose your shingles right.
What you can do.
At the other extreme severe symptoms may result in a visit to the emergency room.
One way to help tell shingles from an allergy or other type of rash is by its other symptoms.
Symptoms can also appear on the face and in the eyes mouth ears.
Shingles isn t usually serious but see your gp as soon as possible if you recognise the symptoms.
A detailed description of your symptoms.
Shingles sometimes called herpes zoster is an infection caused by the varicella zoster virus which is the same virus that causes chickenpox.
Shingles causes a painful rash itching and burning skin and lasts for 3 to 5 weeks in most cases.
Shingles usually affects one side of the body.
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Early symptoms include tingling and pain.
Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash.
Even after you ve gotten chickenpox as a child the.
Information about your medical problems past and present.
Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus the same virus that causes chickenpox.
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