Why does shingles always have painful blisters?

Overview. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso. read more

Painful rash / blisters are one of the common symptoms but it is possible to have shingles, pain, and not have a rash. Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster virus). The virus does not cause shingles initially. read more

They'll crust over. If the shingles area is kept clean, then the the popped blisters will crust over, and the itching, burning sensation will slowly diminish, especially if an antiviral agent such as valacyclovir is used early in therapy. read more

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