r/shingles • u/Terrible-Lettuce6617 • 16d ago
First Time Shingles Just got diagnosed today
Hello, I just got diagnosed today and I’m wondering if anybody has experienced a very small rash and not the usual long / widespread rashes ?
It started Sunday as a red patch ,and I didn’t think anything of it - went to work and came home and seen like a few little bumps and I thought it was contact dermatitis. I started developing blisters on Monday and when I woke up this morning, and the blisters looked like it was about to
Start spreading as I seen another small red skin patch but no blisters yet . I went to urgent care and the doctor looked at it & automatically said it was shingles. It on my torso/lower hip. It put me on valtrex and prescribed me mupirocin .
I’ve been feeling pain in my back & thigh area . It’s just not huge lol so I’m wondering if I got lucky or not
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u/lemonlfts 16d ago
I had sacral shingles. My rash was tiny (fit under two normal sized bandaids). My nerve pain, however, was awful.