Last Tuesday, I woke up with what felt like itchy insect bites on the outer part of my right breast.
I went mad searching for the little beggars, but could find no evidence of insects and there were no further 'bites'.
Over the past few days, the itching has driven me nuts, but when I do scratch, it feels like I driving needles into myself. That's not how insect bites usually work with me.
There's a red rash immediately around the 'spots' and the pain and itching has spread around my chest to my back.
It's got to the point where I can't wear underwired bras, as the pain becomes increasingly worse until I have to go to the toilet, to take the bra off for a couple of minutes.
I've ruled out latex and metal allergies and I'm currently wearing sports bras which are only marginally more comfortable.
I've looked at shingles as a diagnosis, but Dr Google keeps showing me worst case scenarios which look nothing like my little collection of 'spots'.
Can anyone who's had some experience of shingles, take a look and say whether my self diagnosis has any merit?
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Gingernaut · 09/04/2017 21:30
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