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Shingles Rash Heating Pad

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Dr. Noble Zachariah MD

Traviling from home. Need topical dressing for possible shingles . Rash below breast and increasing around side to back. Painfull like a bad sunburn . ???? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Noble Zachariah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Kakkar S. MD

I have been diagnosed with shingles . I seem to have it over my scalp , on both sides of my head. The left side is more painful, but I can also feel it on my right side. I also have a rash on my neck ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kakkar S. ( Dermatologist)
Dr.   Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh MD

I was diagnosed on week ago with Shingles . My medicine that was prescribed just ran out. Why did the Doctor only prescribe medication for one week as she said it would take two weeks to get rid of it ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis MD

like a Shingles rash below the scratches. Would all these rashes be part of the Shingles? The long ... the Shingles and only a few very tiny blisters and the rash itches. The doctor said... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Zotaj Antoneta MD

I had the Shingles rash run from the right calf up my leg and across my thigh and lower back. The ... discomfort in my left leg and I need to use both hands to lift my self. I am 88 years old. Does... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Zotaj Antoneta ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr. Shinas Hussain MD

I have been applying salt water compresses to my mothers shingles rash. What are the chances of getting shingles myself? I had chickenpox in my childhood. Should I get the shingles vaccine. Will... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Rachana Goswami MD

Diagnosed with shingles on left back and abdomen on Jan 8th. RX for 1000 mg acyclovir 3 x day for 7 days. 3 weeks later I noticed a bulge at my waist under the healing shingles rash. Bulge is only ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rachana Goswami ( Dentist)
Dr. Siva Subramanian MD

My husband (69 years old) has had the Shingles rash for 10 days, started taking Valacyclovir HCL 1 gram every 8 hours for one week. The rash is on his bottom back and along the left side. This... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Siva Subramanian ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Rajesh Choda MD

HI I had about a three inch break out of shingles. It mostly itched and was not painful. However, right before the breakout I had severe pain in my knee, and other leg joints. The shingles rash has ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rajesh Choda ( Ayurveda Specialist)
Dr. Roopa Hiremath MD

. Given prednisone . Came down with a shingles rash on right side at waist line. Given aclovir. Rash never ... fine. MRI was fine. Now have a hive like rash where had shingles. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Roopa Hiremath ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)