and recently been diagnosis with shingles . Can you have itching/rash this long with shingles? ... View answer

Hi Dr., entire body covered in bumps like chickenpox but tests show its not chickenpox or shingles . The craters in the skin are now 1/4 to 1/2 in deep. Soars in the rectum and throat and (high white ... View answer

i AM HAVING PAIN FROM AN OUTBREAK OF SHINGLES , STARTED ANTIVIRAL MEDS 7/3 10 PILLS PER DAY ITS 4 ..., taking 2 per day, 5 times daily dosage of acyclovir = 800 MG 5times per day since diagnosis 7/3, new rash... View answer

My wife has a case of shingles on the labia minor and inside the vaginal canal. It took three month to get the correct diagnosis. She was given Valtrex , which she has taken for over a month. She still ... View answer

lymphocytes were significantly too low. Doctor suggested it might be an unusual case of Shingles , because I ... results mean regarding a possible acute case of (atypical) Shingles? Do those results confirm... View answer

I was diagnosed with disseminated shingles 2 1/2 months ago. The lesions on my scalp keep breaking out. They are itchy and painful. I have had lots of headaches. The lesions on my face healed up but my ... View answer

remedies. Then a week later seems like disseminated shingles, but just read dots but everywhere and going ...HI Dr. I had a shingles recurrency and tried to avoid meds as took zovirax too many times... View answer

I just got diagnosed with shingles today. My pain is not too severe yet and I only have few ... the early stages lessen the severity of the shingles? ... View answer

calf. The doctor said it is shingles but is this the right area for shingles which mostly seems to be ... View answer

prescribed Valltrex - 1 gram 3 x a day. Said he thought it was some type of neuro shingles virus. I had shingles vaccine 1 year ago last February. Can this diagnosis be true? ... View answer