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I had shingles in my eye and on my forehead above that eye. The first symptoms were a horrible, horrible headache that wouldn't go away for a couple of days and a low grade fever.
For those of you (us) that have had shingles-did you have even vague symptoms prior to the blister formations?
I was visiting with a friend today and into the evening. She kept touching the right side of her face and said it was tingling, felt like something was crawling on it then said it felt numb in the area
Now the last time (my 3rd go round) I had shingles the area above my lip felt numb all evening. Then would kind of feel like a sunburn. The blisters broke out the next day above the lip and fairly close to my nose.
I honestly don't want to alarm her but I have no idea what the sensations she's feeling could be, except shingles. I told her to let me know tomorrow how she's feeling. I then came home and looked up symptoms prior to outbreak and those can include the sensations. But also can include headaches, a low grade fever and nausea.
Can someone else chime in with your experience prior to the outbreak??
TIA
If shingles is even a consideration, treatment should be started right away. The medication is relatively inexpensive and usually well tolerated.
I had shingles in my eye and on my forehead above that eye. The first symptoms were a horrible, horrible headache that wouldn't go away for a couple of days and a low grade fever.
I had close to this that started with the worst earache imaginable. I was immediately admitted to the hospital for intensive antibiotics because my Dr was afraid of the eye getting infected.
When all was said and done, I ended up with the ganglia of nerves surrounding my ear, neck and jawline getting infected with shingles. Not pretty.
I had shingles in my eye and on my forehead above that eye. The first symptoms were a horrible, horrible headache that wouldn't go away for a couple of days and a low grade fever.
That’s exactly where mine was. I thought it was a severe acne issue that kind of hurt and couldn’t go away...it was shingles.
an "Update" if you can call it that. So I texted my friend this morning to ask if there had been any change. She responded with, "oh no, I don't know. I had not thought about it today"
I had sensitivity of my skin from axilla to mid back on one side, then noticed a bit of slight red rash (not yet vesicular) in the axilla, and thought - shingles! Began acyclovir 200 mg every 4 hours while awake, and nipped it in the bud. I'm sure it was the beginning of shingles. Receded within 48 hrs of beginning treatment. I now keep acyclovir in the house (it's a $4 generic at walmart), just in case. Haven't yet gotten Shingrix. Don't know if my MD carries it, or if it would be covered.
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