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I was diagnosed with shingles and began treatment yesterday. The blisters turned to a spreading rash. What can I do?

Related Topics: Shingles, Skin, Rash, Blister
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Susan Evans, MDSusan Evans, MDSUCCESS!
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You are wise to begin treatment so quickly for your shingles infection. This will help to limit its spread.

However, even on medication, the shingles lesions are going to erupt where the infection initially began, because it is present before the rash develops.

Hopefully, yours will be a mild case and being on medication will limit the extent to which it will spread.

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