Laura asks…
I’ve had mono, and now my boyfriend has painful rashes (possibly shingles) are they related?
I’ve had mono about 9 months ago. I’ve been with my boyfriend for 8 months. Now he has a small painful red raised area on his side, and now its also on his stomach area. My dad says it could be shingles. Could the two be related? Or should i stay away from him? My throat has been a little sore lately, but no other symptoms at all. Could that be related? I constantly worry about contracting stuff from each other.
admin answers:
Mono and shingles are not related, shingles can only occur if he has had chicken pox in the past. If he has had the chicken pox, some of the virus gets stored in the spinal cord and sometimes gets released through the nerves and to the surface of the skin which form small clustered blisters often appear as a red rash. Shingles is often triggered by a traumatic or stressful event. Shingles cannot be spread from person to person however someone with shingles can give someone chicken pox but only if that person has never had chicken pox.
For a fast and less painful recovery he should go to the doctor within 4 days of it appearing. The doctor will more then likely prescribe Antiviral medication and medication for nerve pain. Sometimes a doctor will prescribe a topical ointment for pain.
I would strongly recommend using antibacterial soap and keeping the area as clean as possible. I have also found it comforting to use gold bond or baby powder after a bath or shower to keep the area dry.
Shingles does not happen in just older people, i’m only 18 and I have recovered from shingles over the summer.
Donald asks…
What could this blistering rash be?
I know that I can’t know for sure unless I go to a doctor and get it tested, but I really can’t afford that right now, and I don’t think it’s necessarily serious. It’s just bothering me, and I want to know what it could be. I looked up common rashes that blister and it doesn’t seem to fit the symptoms for shingles, poison oak/ivy, or the other common things.
It’s on my thigh, on the front of my leg. It started out with just one bump like a bug bite or a pimple. I thought it was a bug bite because I had just been outside at night to watch the 4th of July fireworks. I only noticed it when I was scratching an itch and that one spot hurt when I scratched it; but it wasn’t the bump that caused the itch. I figured it was just a bug bite or a pimple, put some Benadryl cream on it to keep it from itching too much. A few days later, it had spread, there was a cluster of bumps, in no particular pattern, relatively close together. The area is pink and the bumps are red and they itched and hurt mildly. At first the tops of the bumps were dry, a bit crusty. I put more Benadryl on them. Just today I noticed that they’ve turned into blisters. Not crusty at all anymore, still pink around them and darker pink/red bumps filled with fluid. There are only about six of them, in a relatively circular area, set a couple of centimeters apart.
What could this be? I get allergic reactions to bug bites sometimes: a mosquito bite on my hand once caused the whole thing to swell up and the joints to ache, and a spider bite gave me a huge swollen lump on my leg, but I’ve never had anything like this. I’m also new to the midwest area and I don’t know what all I am allergic to. Do you think it’s likely an allergic reaction, a skin irritation, or an infection of some kind?
The bumps which turned to blisters themselves are less than a centimeter in diameter.
Lyme disease shows in a bullseye pattern and I don’t have that, and I haven’t shaved that particular area since I don’t know when, it’s high up near my hip.
admin answers:
It could be razor rash/ burn i would put lotion on ur legs for a few days and try and hold off a bit on shaving until it does away. I get it all the time and sounds like thats what could be happening, also check for ingrown hairs.
Betty asks…
Shingles and muscle twitching all over body?
i have a burning itchy feeling on a patch of one side of my back, i thought this was the start of shingles outbreak, i noticed this 3/4 days ago and still there is no sign of a rash. More recently i started having other neurological symptoms like nerve pain behind my ear in the opposite side of my body, stomach muscle twitching, minor finger and lip twitching. im wondering what this means about whether i have shingles or not
admin answers:
Sounds serious enough to see a doctor. You’re not going to get any diagnosis or recommendations on Yahoo Answers that you should rely on for a serious medical condition.
Helen asks…
Please help me with this chest pain! (i know its long but please)?
im sorry this is long but i really need help. A week ago i started feeling weak and dizzy with no energy what so ever. I then started getting pain in the centre of my chest. On tuesday this was diagnosed as costachondritis which is the inflamation of the cartilage connecting each individual rib to the sternum. all that could help this is anti inflamatories but being an asthmatic i could not get prescribed any. MY GP told me this pain would last around a monnth and all i could do was take paracetamol. On thursday the pain started spreading away from the area of the sternum, and started to resemble the pleurisy symptoms i had a few months ago, however there was no shortness of breath. By friday i was in absolute agony with constant pain on my chest with designated areas of shooting pain. I went to the walk in centre to see a diffeent GP as it was around 9pm. She carried out a number of tests and was completely stumped as to what was wrong. She mentioned shingles but i didnt have any other symptoms. She also mentioned pneumothorax however she couldnt hear any whistling and my oxygen levels were 99% and again no shortness of breath. Later friday night and now saturday morning atop of this pain it has been feeling like someone has been stabbing pins into the top of my back. Im in agony and really have no idea what to do and neither do doctors it seems. I have looked up shingles but have no other symptoms and no rash. PLEASE HELP ME!!!
by the way just incase it matters. i took paracetamol however it was doing nothing. And when i went to the walk in centre she gave me co-codamol which doesnt seem to be helping with the pain either. Also i am a 15 year old female. And i know i will need to go to the hospital again but i was just wondering if anyone could give me an idea of what is wrong?
admin answers:
It does sound like costochondritis, with perhaps some pleurisy added (both inflammatory problems). The treatment is, indeed, anti-inflammatories, and if you really cannot take an NSAID, than you could take a cortisone, such as prednisone or dexamethasone (both routinely used in asthma).
However, most asthmatics can take NSAIDS without any problem at all. You will want to be on a prescription strength, such as diclofenac 75 twice a day, and the pain relieving effect is most helpful
Jenny asks…
what are the symptoms of chicken pox?
my husband has the shingles and now my 2 1/2 year old daughter has a fever and a sore throat. i was wondering if this can be the start of chicken pox. no dots or bumps yet just on her face but more like a rash from the fever
admin answers:
Chickenpox causes a red, itchy rash on the skin that usually appears first on the abdomen or back and face, and then spreads to almost everywhere else on the body, including the scalp, mouth, nose, ears, and genitals.
Chickenpox_illustrationThe rash begins as multiple small, red bumps that look like pimples or insect bites. They develop into thin-walled blisters filled with clear fluid, which becomes cloudy. The blister wall breaks, leaving open sores, which finally crust over to become dry, brown scabs.
Chickenpox blisters are usually less than a quarter of an inch wide, have a reddish base, and appear in bouts over 2 to 4 days. The rash may be more extensive or severe in kids who have skin disorders such as eczema.
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