Shingles

Sometimes shingles causes symptoms that develop a few days before the painful rash. This includes symptoms like:

a headache burning, tingling, numbness or itchiness of the skin in the affected area a feeling of being generally unwell a high temperature (fever)

Shingles rash

The shingles rash usually appears on one side of your body. It develops on the area of skin related to the affected nerve.

New blisters can appear for up to a week. A few days after appearing they become yellowish in colour, flatten and dry out.

Scabs then form where the blisters were, which may leave some slight scarring.

Examples of the shingles rash Shingles on the back Shingles on the chest Shingles on the face Shingles on back of neck

Shingles pain

Most people with shingles experience a localised band of pain in the affected area.

The pain may be a constant, dull or burning sensation and its intensity can vary from mild to severe. You may have sharp stabbing pains from time to time, and the affected area of skin will usually be tender.


a headache burning, tingling, numbness or itchiness of the skin in the affected area a feeling of being generally unwell a high temperature (fever)

Shingles rash

The shingles rash usually appears on one side of your body. It develops on the area of skin related to the affected nerve.

New blisters can appear for up to a week. A few days after appearing they become yellowish in colour, flatten and dry out.

Scabs then form where the blisters were, which may leave some slight scarring.

Examples of the shingles rash Shingles on the back Shingles on the chest Shingles on the face Shingles on back of neck

Shingles pain

Most people with shingles experience a localised band of pain in the affected area.

The pain may be a constant, dull or burning sensation and its intensity can vary from mild to severe. You may have sharp stabbing pains from time to time, and the affected area of skin will usually be tender.

Symptoms

The main symptom of shingles is pain, followed by a rash that develops into itchy blisters. These look like chickenpox.

Sometimes shingles causes symptoms that develop a few days before the painful rash. This includes symptoms like:

a headache burning, tingling, numbness or itchiness of the skin in the affected area a feeling of being generally unwell a high temperature (fever)

Shingles rash

The shingles rash usually appears on one side of your body. It develops on the area of skin related to the affected nerve.

New blisters can appear for up to a week. A few days after appearing they become yellowish in colour, flatten and dry out.

Scabs then form where the blisters were, which may leave some slight scarring.

Examples of the shingles rash Shingles on the back Shingles on the chest Shingles on the face Shingles on back of neck

Shingles pain

Most people with shingles experience a localised band of pain in the affected area.

The pain may be a constant, dull or burning sensation and its intensity can vary from mild to severe. You may have sharp stabbing pains from time to time, and the affected area of skin will usually be tender.