My DM has had classic shingles before, localised blistery rash and nerve pain. This was about a year ago.
She now has exactly the same pain in the same area but on on the opposite side of her body. DM is sure it must be shingles as she said it's quite a unique sort of pain and itch. GP said it can't be shingles without a rash and gave her E45 anti-itch cream and some antihistamines. These have not really helped.
She has very recently moved house whilst she had a nasty chest infection so she is quite run down. The pain is completely different from the pain from the chest infection. She is 72.
I've consulted Dr Google, as you do, and there's nothing about rash-free shingles on the nhs site. This is on some other sites but I'm not sure of their validity.
Anyone experience of this? Would it be worth DM going back to the GP?
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Shingles without a rash?
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shockedballoon · 11/12/2015 11:14
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