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Could this be shingles.. Pic attached

18 replies

missatkins · 21/07/2021 18:03

It's very itchy and just on the left side of my shoulder. No other symptoms. Help, worried it is shingles Confused

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missatkins · 21/07/2021 18:04

Oops.
Now attached

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Dumbledoresgirl · 21/07/2021 18:05

Sweat rash?

missatkins · 21/07/2021 18:07

Good call regarding sweat rash as I've been sweating alot during exercise

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Ghosttile · 21/07/2021 18:09

How’s the other armpit?

missatkins · 21/07/2021 18:12

@Ghosttile

How’s the other armpit?
The other one is fine...
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TomAllenWife · 21/07/2021 18:14

Doesn't look like shingles, mine was kind of shiny and on my back
I'll try and find a pic

SilverBirchWithout · 21/07/2021 18:15

Shingles is more painful than itchy, twinging nerve pain.
It’s either a sweat rash or insect bites.

Fifilafrog · 21/07/2021 18:15

Looks like it could be. Does it feel like a hot wire brush on your skin? Mine started like that. No other symptoms to begin with. Only ever got as bad as feeling a bit "off". Send this pic to your gp?

LindaEllen · 21/07/2021 18:16

I get a rash like that when it's warm. I honestly wouldn't worry too much, just keep an eye on it.

Cissyandflora · 21/07/2021 18:16

Yes shingles is painful. It’s a nerve issue. Not so much a rash issue.

Ghosttile · 21/07/2021 18:24

Keep an eye on it. You can use some hydrocortisone cream on it. If you get any pain or it gets worse try to see a doctor.

missatkins · 21/07/2021 18:25

@Fifilafrog

Looks like it could be. Does it feel like a hot wire brush on your skin? Mine started like that. No other symptoms to begin with. Only ever got as bad as feeling a bit "off". Send this pic to your gp?
No, it doesn't feel painful at all, just very itchy x
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LIZS · 21/07/2021 18:26

Molluscum?

Mountaingoatling · 21/07/2021 18:27

I had diagnosed shingles. You're right it's just on one side but mine was stomach/ thigh area. Mine was both itchy and painful! A pharmacist will tell you. There'll be one open now still.

Ghosttile · 21/07/2021 18:31

If you go to a pharmacy you’ll also be able to pick up something for the itching.

derekthe1adyhamster · 21/07/2021 18:36

Mine felt like insect bites

Lazyonthesofa · 21/07/2021 18:51

It would be worth seeing a doctor sooner rather than later just in case it is shingles as it's important to get anti viral medication as soon as possible. My daughter had shingles, no pain and only very mild itching.

FuckingFabulous · 21/07/2021 19:46

I've got shingles right now and I feel (and felt before the rash) like my arm is broken, the pain is so deep and intense. When the rash came out, it was horrible burning pain and electric shock type feelings all down my arm and across my chest and shoulder. But before the broken arm feeling, I had a patch of skin on my arm that just felt weird and far too sensitive for about three days.

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