2007-02-20 00:19:23 · 14 answers · asked by HaydnH 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
They can look deceptively similar. Usually shingles has a unique distribution over one of many areas of the body called dermatomes. The lesions are either on the right or on the left side, almost never on both.
When I wasn't certain, I told patients of the diagnostic dilemma and to keep in touch with me by phone or to come back for a follow-up.
2007-02-20 06:03:49 · answer #1 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-08 21:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-01 16:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diagnosing Impetigo
2016-12-12 19:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had Shingles for the first time a few weeks ago. I am normally in good health and haven't had any other health challenges before, so it came as a surprise.
Shingles is probably the most painful thing I have ever encountered. I went to the doctor, and he gave me some prescription drugs to take that was suposed to help, but didn't.
My wife found the Fast Shingles Cure ebook online and bought it for me, I am very lucky to have such a wonderful woman in my life. We followed the book, did what it said, and it delivered what it promised. Finally my Shingles rash is over... I feel truly blessed and thankful.
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2016-05-18 01:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He shouldn't really have but if you went to the doctor after they had scabbed over they would look very similar. Also, the visible symptoms are very similar, itching & soreness, blisters followed by scabs.
The treatment is similar, except antibiotic cream is not usually given for shingles unless the sores get infected.
Shingles is generally accompained by fever & feeling ill, so if you didn't say you felt ill, he/she may have assumed (wrongly) that it was impetigo. Also, if you have ezcema, impetigo is much more common.
Hope your better now.
2007-02-20 00:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jen G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
impentigo is usually found around the nose or on the face. shingles is usually found anywhere else on the body in a "banding" pattern. sometimes this isn't the case, which will indicate to the doctor it is one or the other.
many folks forget that doctors are human. all the medical training they have had are through text books. (for the most part). some doctors aren't aware that sometimes listening to a patient and their symptoms aren't in the best interest of the patient doctor relationship-and many things are misdiagnosed this way.
2007-02-20 00:44:19 · answer #7 · answered by Stephanie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems reasonable to me. The two can be similar. Doctors are only human and sometimes make mistakes. You'll live.
2007-02-20 00:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by LillyB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-02 04:16:37 · answer #9 · answered by Wallace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My said I had a hernia when in fact it turned out to be groin strain, easily done I suppose but I ended up wearing a truss for six months. Bloody charming.
2007-02-20 00:27:30 · answer #10 · answered by dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋