Shingless Symptoms

Only One Side?

Written by Adam Mahony

One of the key determining features about shingles is that the rash that appears generally will only be present on one side of the individual’s body, rather than both. This is often the shingles symptoms that your doctor is looking for to know for sure that you are in fact suffering from shingles. Generally, the shingle's rash will follow a specific path across your back and around to where the chest bone is. This is usually the path that the nerve that the virus was lying dormant in takes. The line or band of the rash follows the path of the nerve through your body. In some situations, the shingles rash will appear in the face or head region in a similar way. For example, it can occur around just one of your eyes. Or, it can be found in a line on one side of the neck or across the face. This too is an important shingles symptom for the doctor. Quite often, shingles symptoms are misdiagnosed as other conditions. For example, prior to the formation of the rash, pain in a specific region is evident. This pain can be very intense and localized. A slight touch can be excruciating. If positioned correctly, it could be mistaken for kidney stones, or appendicitis. In some cases, the rash does not develop or develops very little and therefore doctors may not realize that the patient is experiencing shingles. Shingles is less itchy than chicken pox is, but it has a larger amount of pain associated with it. The individual usually will experience a chicken pox outbreak years prior to the occurrence of the shingles rash. The pain will develop and last two to three days prior to the rash. Once the rash develops, it can take up to five weeks for it to completely be overcome. The pain, though, can last for months longer in rare conditions. Seeking out your doctors help at the first sign of shingles symptoms is the key to overcoming the problem quickly. More so, being educated about what these symptoms are can help you to get the help you need faster therefore lessening the pain you will experience.

 

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