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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.
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.
Will the shingles rash appear on the elbow?
yes because i have had it on the elbow before.
What are definitions of the word shingles?
A shingle is a fixture that is used to cover a roof. Shingles are made from different materials including asphalt, metal, and slate.
What is a circle rash the size of an Oreo cookie with raised not so itchy red bumps that are some what painful when cortizone is applied?
Could be shingles. Could be shingles. Could be shingles.
What results from scratching shingles?
Shingles is not a condition in which spreads like a normal rash. Although scratching shingles blisters would be extremely painful it will not spread them to other body parts.
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.
Bell's palsy with pain and rash?
It could be Ramsey-Hunt Syndrome. The "pain and rash" referred to is too general to determine exactly what is meant, but it could mean the condition known as shingles. This syndrome a combination of shingles from the reactivated herpes zoster virus (chickenpox) in an area near the Facial Nerve. The rash and blisters cause an inflammation of that nerve which then causes Bell's Palsy. Of course, "pain and rash" as the question puts it is so general in nature it can mean anything. Pain where? Rash where? What kind of pain? What kind of rash? If the "pain and rash" is something other than shingles, then it is not Ramsey-Hunt Syndrome. It becomes academic, however, because the palsy is still Bell's Palsy as long as it was caused by damage to the Facial Nerve and not some other damage. If the shingles did cause the BP, then treating the shingles with anti-viral medications may speed recovery from the shingles and once the shingles are gone, so will the source of the nerve inflammation. That means that facial muscle movement will most likely return.
