Shingles: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment with Dr. Mark Shalauta | San Diego Health
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- What is shingles, what are shingles symptoms, how can you treat it? Is shingles contagious? In this video, Dr. Mark Shalauta, a family medicine doctor at Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo, answers many frequently asked questions about what shingles looks and feels like, the shingles vaccine and more. Learn more and get a free guide: scripps.org/6912yt
0:42 - Why are shingles and chicken pox connected?
0:53 - How do you get shingles?
1:31 - What are the symptoms of shingles?
2:06 - Do you have a fever or chill as a symptom of shingles?
2:21 - What does shingles look like?
2:34 - How long does shingles last?
3:34 - Do you develop a nerve pain when you have shingles?
3:48 - What causes shingles nerve pain and how long does it last?
4:48 - Can the nerve pain from shingles lead to other complications?
5:56 - Is shingles contagious?
6:43 - Can you get shingles more than once in your life?
7:01 - Who is at most risk for getting shingles?
7:24 - If you get shingles, what should you do?
7:53 - Should you stay isolated yourself if you get shingles?
8:36 - How do you treat shingles?
9:52 - What can we do to prevent shingles?
12:17 - Why are the shingles viruses so much worse for older people?
I wish journalists today could be like this woman. She asks questions in a logical and comprehensive manner. Excellent! She asked all the questions that I would have asked. Great work, Ms. Taylor!
She is wonderful! We are so grateful that she is part of our Scripps team.
I was just about to say too 😁
Probably because they worked out the questions in advance together. Even if that's the case they did a good job.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I have shingles right now and I thank her for asking the questions I needed answered. Great Interviewer!
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Yes, the lady is professional and respectful. The doctor himself is a model of intellect at the prime.
The interviewer was very good with coverage of all my question, but that Doctor did a great job explaining every single point. Thanks to you both
We're glad to hear you enjoyed the video, Milly!
The interviewer did a phenomenal job.
She's fantastic!
I just got low case of shingles on my arm. Putting ice on the shingles made it very comfortable. All gone now Amen 🙂
We're happy to hear you're feeling better!
thanks. ill try ice
Finally an informative video! Very well done. Good interviewer, good questions, good dr. answers. Thank you!
We're glad you enjoyed the video, Suzanne!
This lady is just amazing, she just asks the right questions and the Dr answers them perfectly. The perfect video if you want to know everything about shingles.
Thank you for your wonderful feedback!
Best summary I’ve seen so far!
Very helpful information thank you 😊
Thank you so much
Big help thanks a lot ❤️❤️❤️
Excellent interview and doctor...BRAVO !!!
We're glad you enjoyed it, Konstantinos!
Very informative! Just got shingles. 😭
Very detailed interviewer and very precise interviewee. Excellent ❤️
We're glad you enjoyed the video, Dren!
those questions and answer are on point for all of my questions on mind..thanks for this content! a really great help..
We are glad to hear the video was helpful!
This is one of the best interviews I have ever watched. Susan Taylor does a magnificent job quizzing Dr. Shaluta about shingles. Thank you both...
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you.
I LOVE this lady's matter-of-factly manner. Just the facts please. she's great!
We're glad you enjoyed the video!
Very informative and useful, especially now I have it!
Great questions!!
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Wow. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all medical resources provided such excellent information and a person asking great questions. Bravo! New subbie.
Your kind words mean a lot to us! Welcome to the Scripps family, AnnMarie!
Great questions from the interviewer
We are glad you enjoyed the video!
Wow, wow, wow, this is the best interview and Q & A I have ever come across on the internet both did a phenomenal job with answering Shingles questions, I do not think there was a stone unturned. Thank you, thank you. I have shingles an I full understand everything about it now.
Wow, thank you! We are glad to hear you found the video to be helpful.
Right questions she asked without wasting time. Love it!
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Super informative and super helpful video!
We're glad you think so!
Thank you for such an intelligent explanation.
We're glad you found it helpful, Helen!
This was excellent information, thank you.
We're glad you enjoyed it, Ally!
Very helpful. Nice answers are the gifts to the Good Questions. Thank you.
Great video!
We're glad you enjoyed it!
This the best video on shingles by far, i am suffering it now and have low immune system. good advice on what to expect.
We're glad you enjoyed it, Jacqueline. Please feel free to reach out if you need anything.
This was excellent! I have shingles right now, and the only question I had that she didn't ask is, should you still get the vaccine after you've had shingles.... and then the doctor volunteers that, having already had shingles, he's been vaccinated. So there you go, all questions answered. Great video.
We're glad to hear you enjoyed the video. We hope you feel better soon!
@@scrippshealthThis is so painful
Good informative video!
We are glad it was helpful!
Love, love, love this interview! Thank you 😊
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Thank You Soo Much Its Full Of Informative ❤️🙏🏼
Awesome interview. Excellent interviewer.Subscribed.
Excellent interview I agree with that some of the reviews that Miss Taylor as all the right questions very clear and concise and a respectful toward intelligence thank you
We're glad you enjoyed it, Guy!
I aplied a cold compress (ice packs) at the injection site 5 times on day 1. Repeated 3 times on day 2 & 3. This was really helpful to relief the ache & swelling.
Thank you for sharing!
This was very helpful. I currently have shingles. It’s the worst pain ever. I went to a cardiologist before getting the shingles because the chest pain was so bad. Two days later my husband took me to the emergency room because the chest pains were so bad. Everything was normal so far as cardio at both the Drs. and at the ER. Two days later I started to think I had the beginning of shingles because my Mom had them. It had just started so the Dr put me on antiviral drugs. I’m trying everything I can to relieve this pain. No luck yet.
Ouch! We hope you feel better soon, Peeshy!
Prayers
Excellent interview
Thank you, Ana!
Great interview. I was helped with this
We're happy to hear that, Juce!
Thank you this is a terrific video with lots of useful information and great presentation.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. I've been suffering from residual shingle pain for over 10 yrs. It wasn't constant pain, but when it flared up, nothing helped. For the 1st time, thanks to you, the pain stopped. Bless you!
Hi Ria, we're so happy to hear you're feeling better!
Fantastic questions, very in-depth follow-up questions too that many people would have to help further clarify. It's definitely a horrible condition.
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Both of you r brilliant n spot on.
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Very very helpful video. Currently suffering from Shingles and its unlike anything I've had to suffer from in the past. My rash has only been very faint but its feels like the worst sunburn being put under a boiling hot shower constantly! And the nerve pain feels like I've pinched a nerve on top of that every now and then it feels like I'm being punched in the ribs. I cant wait to be rid of it! I've been given Codeine but it only just takes the edge off, hopefully the anti virals will help! Thanks again for a great video
We're glad you enjoyed the video, James. We hope you feel better soon!
my mother age 82 in hospital,she having lots of pain going on about 10 days the rach is healing but the pain doesn't want to go away, the continuance blood draws on tiny veins is torture, God bless all with this, great interview.
That sounds terrible! We hope she feels better soon!
Good job
We're glad you enjoyed the video!
Just got a bad case of shingles on my face. This information is very helpful,
A lot of pain and blisters on my forehead. Out for a week. Hope you don’t have to go through this
That sounds so painful! If you haven't already, we recommend speaking to your provider and they will be best suited to help you. We hope you feel better soon.
Got it in my 30s and just got it again in my early 70s. Same location too. Very informative and well presented.
Glad you enjoyed the video! We wish you all the best.
Great video i will have vaccine now
Awesome!
This was the best explanation of shingles. I will get the vaccine..Thank you.
We're glad you found the video to be helpful!
Thanks for your information ..I have in these days from 3 weeks ..it’s crazy painful ..I’m not 50 yet but after corona so many problems came
We hope you feel better soon!
I needed some information about shingles. Now I got some information. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Very informative, thank you. I need a vaccine. (It's really painful and frustrating).
It started at a point under my left shoulder blade. I have had this pain before but it was just located there. But the pain continued and went around into the breasts area. Finally on day 5 as the pains increased, I thought I was having a heart attack. So I went to the ER, put through all the preliminary tests for heart attack. Doctor came and wanted to really look over my upper torso and he found a red spot on my back and one on my breasts. Told I was having shingles. Now the area of the back where I had the first pains is covered with a rash in a strip form and runs around to cover my left breast. The pain is continuous. If I had to rate the pain on a 1-10 scale, I would say they go from 5-9 now. Now as I enter into week 3 of the rash and 4 weeks of pain, I would do or take any opoid to get relief.
Hi Barbra, we recommend seeing your provider about this. If you are in need of a physician referral, we are happy to provide you with one.
Great video. I’m 57 and currently blistering down one side of my face. It started with some pain to the right of my right eye, headaches and sharp pains across my top-right teeth. My eyesight is fine. Just have to ride it out with the help of some anti viral meds. Thanks for the information. It was most informative.
We're glad you found the video to be helpful! We hope you feel better soon.
Exceptional 😮😊
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I have them, again... stress absolutely stirs it up, so painful, now on my head, back, neck, face. Unbelievable. So painful, & itchy, don’t scratch them!
We hope you feel better soon!
Had the chickenpox twice. Both times diagnosed by a dr. I had a pretty significant case of shingles at 21. Not as bad as I have seen it in elderly folk.
That sounds terrible! We hope you're feeling better now.
I had shringles at 42 years old. I'm still feeling the pain until today. I developed some this September 2021. Can I still get a vaccine
After I started having Shingles on my left arm, I experienced a shoulder-back neck pain mostly at night time on the same side which was painful and affected my sleep. My pharmacist recommended Analgesic and muscle relaxant extra strength. I started taking it and it helped me sleep at night time.
We're glad you were able to get some relief!
Very useful. Here in the UK, the vaccine isn't available until age 70.
I am 61y.o. and have had this for 3 weeks now. Severe pain in my left SI joint and in my left piriformis muscle was first sign, but I thought it was a repetition of torn ligaments in the, then, absence of any other symptoms. Went to osteopath for a manipulation but no improvement like in the past. Pain then spread down my left leg and about a week later blisters first appeared to the left of the base of my spine at the SI joint and over two days spread down my left leg and also across the top of my left foot. The itching and burning has been bad but the muscle spasming pain and random lightning pain is the most debilitating I have ever had in my life. LYCRA (pregabalin), even at 150mg per day, is not stopping the leg pain..... it's just making me feel vague. This is by far the worst illness I have ever had and I wish I had known about the vaccine before contracting it.
Hi Will, we regret to hear you are in pain. If there is anything we can do to assist you, please feel free to reach out to us. We hope you feel better soon.
I currently have Shingles on my face. It has attacked my ear and started as an ear ache. I am older. I had the single dose shot years ago. I’m at the end of week 3 and have been on a nerve pain med for 4 days. This morning the pain woke me about 3. I put a cold compress on and went back to sleep. Then a few minutes to 5 it woke me again. I put a fresh cold compress on and the pain was so severe. It was the worst of tge 3 weeks and felt like all the nerve endings were firing at one target in my cheek
This has interfered with my work and i have low energy. I’m eating high lysine foods, no caffeine, lots of supplements, eating soft foods as chewing hurts my teeth
Get the shots. You don’t want to go through this
That sounds so painful, Colleen! We hope you feel better soon and we're here to help in any way we can.
My beautiful kind selfless mother passed away 6 weeks ago and so it’s been a very emotional time. 7 days ago I developed singles on my trunk from one side of the front above my belly button to the back. It’s been one week and the mild rash started day 1 then by day 2 there were more. By day 3 they became blisters but very little pain. Over the next two days they’ve become fluid filled. Now into day 7 and very little pain if at all even though the fluid filled blisters are still there. No itching. I’m hoping this is as bad as it gets.
We are so saddened to hear about your mother and we send you our deepest condolences. We recommend speaking to your doctor if you continue to feel pain from the shingles. We are sending you our love.
Randy a good video on shingles I just sent you let me know if you got it
Can the shingles go underneath your earlobe and do it have liquid coming out of it
I have it right now (4th time for me). I’m 43. I First got it in high school.
Very stressed. Def felt chest pain last week (thought I was suffering from anxiety). Good to know it’s related. Fingers crossed this is short lived.
Hi Zoe, we regret to hear you are going through this. If there is anything we can do to assist you, feel free to reach out.
Did it leave scars?
Do you recommend getting the vaccine after I had shingles a few months ago? Thanks.
Hi there, we recommend speaking with your primary care physician as they will be the best person to assist you with this.
Hi Can i have the shingles vaccine while I have shingles in my body ? im in week two of a mild episode.
I have the shingles on the right side of my chest with minor pain. Cortizone*10 Maximum Strength cream seems to work well with the itching part. I can't imagine what I do without it??
How about got the vaccine still getting it
Hi Chung, we recommend you schedule a visit with your provider to discuss this.
I got the 2 shot Shingles vaccination at The V.A. a few months ago....
A vaccine appears to be only for over 70's in the UK.
Just had shingles last week. Mild spots but the hyper sensitivity in my leg is really painful. I can't bear anything touching it. Hope this symptom isn't long lasting!
We hope you feel better soon!
I had shingles, last March 2022, it’s now, May, do I still have it ?
I was blessed to have not much signs, or
Scary blisters, only very few at the back of my ear.
My signs were, continues head pain.
When can I get a vaccine ( for the first time).
Thank you very much.
Hi Lolita, we recommend talking to your physician about this and they will be best suited to help you.
Thank you very much.
More Power
GOD bless you.
I'm in my low 40s, and holy shit has shingles kicked my ass. I've never had this much pain my whole life. No hesitation in my mind that come 50s I will be taking the vaccine, no doubt!
Oh no! We hope you feel better soon!
If you have phn would having the shingles vaccine help with the pain. I have had phn for 3 years and would buy the vaccine privately in the uk if it is worth it
Hi Andrew, we recommend speaking to your physician about this and they will be able to help you.
My best friend get it all the time and when she is in stress.
Hi April, we can't imagine how uncomfortable that is for her. If either of you are in need of assistance, we are happy to help.
A great interview. It answers lots of questions I had. I got shingles after having Zostavaz 9 years ago and agreed one should get Shingrix as it is a better vaccine than the old one.
Thank you very much, I am in recovery, how to help yourself for itching and how to bath or shower? instead of soap, something else?
Hi Rene, we recommend speaking with your physician and they will be best suited to assist you with your specific needs. We hope you feel better soon!
Applying cold compress or any pressure of anything at all is so painful!! Nothing touching at all is relieving
Is vaccine available in all hospitals?
Hi Jane, we recommend speaking to your provider and they will be able to assist you in scheduling a vaccine.
My wife had since 2019 may , over. 70 age , stated from left ear spread on face and mouth are , all kind medical treatments, currently on medication , do to nerves near head , and mouth . Now today almost 3 years. Do have any treatments,?
Hi there, we recommend your wife speak to her provider about this. If you are in need of a physician referral, we are happy to provide you with one.
I have shingles right now, (01-03-22). Should I get the shingles vaccine?
Hi Gary, we recommend speaking to your provider about this.
I have severe pain from back to chest.after 2 weeks of antibiotics dr gave me codeine but it didn't help then dr gave me gabapentin .it helped me in sleeping. But my pain is still severe. There is inflammation in front side.anybody who have experienced this pain can help me out that what should I do now.
Hi Surinder, we regret to hear you are still experiencing such pain. We recommend discussing this with your doctor again as they will be best suited to help you with this. We hope you feel better soon.
I have shingles. And its very painful. 9 out 10 was the pain. Is this normal? What medicine will i be taking to relieve the pain?
Hi Anne, we recommend talking to your doctor about this. If you are in need of a physician referral, we are happy to provide you with one.
My daughter, 25 never had chicken pox but had Only the Vaccine as a child. She is now suffering on the eyelid and she has sores in the scalp and bumps on the side of forehead. First signs of the parts of the face are head sores and red eye then gets worse if you don’t catch it in time, you must go get oral virals and cream. I need to know what you can take for pain besides Tylenol, that does not really work well.
Hi Kimberly, we recommend speaking to your provider and they will be able to help you with this. We hope your daughter feels better soon.
Thank you very much!
We're glad you enjoyed the video!
Can one handle the shingles shot if our bodies had reactions to flu and pneumonia shots?
We recommend speaking to your provider and they will be able to answer this question for you!
I had mono in high school. Found out that could be why i keep getting shingles
Interesting!
I've had shingles,for 8 months now. The pain was severe and now the itching too.
We hope you feel better soon!
This bout of shingles started out with what I thought was kidney stone's...The pain has been unbearable. My local ER said I had backed up bowels..I told them multiple symptoms,but they could care less..Ended up going to Clarion ER thinking my bowel was about to burst with severe pain...They said shingles,I have the back and side rash...It's almost 4 weeks now and I've spent near every night crying and feeling like a wounded animal..Inhumaine treatment for pain...or should I say none,except Valtrex...I would not wish this on anyone...I pray for a decent night's sleep without severe pain..Laying down makes it worse,much worse...
We hope you feel better soon, Sherrie! That sounds absolutely terrible. We wish you all the best.
I am 45. I am currently in my 10th outbreak. It occurs on my Trigeminal nerve and I have had it in my eye, in my nose, above my lip, and scalp. I was able to get the vaccine after a long hard fight. I am just over it and don’t know what else to do.
We hope you feel better soon, Stephanie. Your physician will be the best person to support you through this.
Can you get shingles with a good immune system? I just got it on my back and had chicken pox as a kid but this shingles breakout i haven’t been sick or anything so don’t think my immune system is bad??? Please help
Hi Ryan, we recommend speaking to your doctor about this and they will be able to help you!
What if you get the shingles vaccine at the onset of shingles?
Hi Albert, we recommend speaking to your doctor as they will be best suited to help you with this.
I'm 40 and got it on my arm from my shoulder to my thumb where my thumb was where all the pain was. I had a cluster of blistering rashes on 4 parts of my arm; shoulder, bicep, firearm, and in between my knuckles. None of which was itchy or burning on the rashes themselves. Pain in my thumb was excruciating with no rashes on it; throbbing, burning, electric shock feeling, and numbing. I've had chickenpox when I was little. I feel like this reactivated because I got my flu shot then a week later I got my COVID booster. Then I got a slight cold. And since it was during the holidays, I was drinking a lot with friends and family. I assume my immune system was compromised as it was on overdrive. After about 48 hours of taking the antiviral meds, it stopped spreading and pain started to finally subside.
We are glad to hear you are on the mend, and we hope you feel better soon!
I just got my second Shingles shot. I had shingles on my left side of my face. I never want to have that again.
Hi Wanda, we regret to hear you went through this. If you need any assistance in the future, feel free to reach out.
Thank you ..very well presented and informative.I’ve had shingles now for three weeks and am still suffering dreadful pain .Give me childbirth any day! My GP suggested the shingles may have been triggered by the flu vaccine which I had in the same arm three days previous to the shingles pain starting.I’m also wondering if I may have been unknowingly more vulnerable as I had Covid three months ago after being double Pfizer vaccinated although I had mild symptoms of a cold.So looking forward to being pain free!
We can't imagine the pain you must be going through, Deidre. We hope you get better soon. If there is anything we can do to assist you, please reach out to us at patientfeedback@scrippshealth.org. Take care.
Had 1 of the 2 shot .. got shingles 3 days ago .
Hi Anthony, we recommend speaking with your provider and they will be able to help you with this.
How do you help the pain after getting a vaxx? So much pain in arm!
Hi Joanne, we recommend speaking to your provider and they will be able to help you with this!