Shingles - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
Aug 20, 2022 · Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Shingles can occur anywhere on your body. It typically looks like a single stripe of blisters that wraps around the left side or the right side of your torso.
Shingles - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic
Aug 20, 2022 · For shingles, some basic questions to ask your doctor include: What's likely causing my symptoms? Other than the most likely cause, what are other possible causes for my symptoms? What tests do I need? Is my condition likely temporary or chronic? What's the best course of action? What are the alternatives to the primary approach you're suggesting?
Shingles: Not Just A Band of Blisters - Mayo Clinic News Network
Apr 1, 2015 · Shingles (herpes zoster) is a common condition in which the virus that causes chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus) reactivates after years of lying dormant in your body. As the virus reactivates, it causes pain and tingling and eventually a rash of short-lived blisters.
Postherpetic neuralgia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Feb 10, 2023 · This complication of shingles can cause pain, itching and numbness long after the shingles rash clears. Treatments can ease symptoms.
Side Effects of Shingles Vaccine - Mayo Clinic Connect
For more information on the side effects of the shingles vaccine you can go to the following link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shingles/symptoms-causes/syc-20353054. Have you reached out to your doctor to let them know how you …
Nerve pain after having shingles | Mayo Clinic Connect
Jun 27, 2024 · Possibly GABAPENTIN TABLETS could help relieve some of the discomfort from SHINGLES. It is sometimes recommended by doctors for nerve pain from shingles. Side effects are not bad for a medication.
Effectively- post-neuropathy pain after shingles on your head
Sep 4, 2024 · Hi all, I'm curious if anyone has found effective ways to deal with post-neuropathy pain after shingles on their head. If you've successfully managed it, I'd really appreciate any tips or treatments that worked for you. Thanks!
Dyshidrosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Jun 27, 2023 · Dyshidrosis is a skin condition that causes small, fluid-filled blisters to form on the palms of the hands and sides of the fingers. Sometimes the bottoms of the feet are affected too. The itchy blisters last a few weeks and often come back. Treatment for dyshidrosis most often includes prescription steroid skin creams or ointments.
Shingles rash and pain - Mayo Clinic Connect
Dec 11, 2018 · I’m in week 10 of shingles and still have crusted blisters in my arm pit. Why are they still there and how do I get rid of them? I feel like the pain won’t start easing there until they are gone.
Shingrix and peripheral neuropathy | Mayo Clinic Connect
Feb 1, 2019 · The original Shingles vaccine consisted of a live virus. The Shingrix vaccine does not, which makes it presumably safer than the previous vaccine. However, Shingrix can cause all kinds of problems with underlying conditions that you may not even remember or know about (like peripheral neuropathy) and it can cause GBS (rare but it does happen).