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Medical Forum / General / General / November 2005Very worried about Shingles.
I came down with shingles about 3 weeks ago. At first it was just on my back, then a very small patch on my chest and then a couple of very small light patches on my arm. This was all in the first week. I saw my doctor after that and she felt I was on the mend. This morning , a new patch appeared on my arm. Instead of a red patch with a lot of small bumps it is simply a short line of small bumps.They itch but there is no new pain. Is it normal to get a late eruption like this? > I came down with shingles about 3 weeks ago. At first it was just on my > back, then a very small patch on my chest and then a couple of very [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > is simply a short line of small bumps.They itch but there is no new > pain. Is it normal to get a late eruption like this? Was anything medication prescribed to treat your shingles? Acyclovir (Zovirax) or valacyclovir (Valtrex)? If so, at what dose and for how long? >I came down with shingles about 3 weeks ago. At first it was just on my > back, then a very small patch on my chest and then a couple of very [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > is simply a short line of small bumps.They itch but there is no new > pain. Is it normal to get a late eruption like this? The pattern that you see with patches of shingles is completely normal. The outbreak follows the pattern of nerve distribution because the virus literally survives in the nerve cells (the nerves cells (or neurons) are located in the dorsal root ganglia). Jeff > >I came down with shingles about 3 weeks ago. At first it was just on my > > back, then a very small patch on my chest and then a couple of very [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jeff Yeah, but a line of itchy bumps appearing 3 weeks after the initial outbreak, doesn't sound like shingles. The time course is wrong, and the symptoms are wrong. Lines of itchy bumps make me think of things like scabies. Either there's two separate problems, or else a wrong initial diagnosis. Did this hurt to begin with, or always just itch?? SBH |
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