‘Bad houseguest’ in the attic: What to know about shingles symptoms and treatments

(Aging Untold) — Many people think the first sign of shingles is a bad rash, but it can start with intense pain in the body. ‘Intense amount of burning’Gerontologist “Sam” Cradduck said she had shingles twice and it was tied to an autoimmune condition, and described the pain as burning. “It burned. It’s an infection in the nerve, essentially. It is nerve pain at the highest level,” Cradduck said. She compared it to a toothache. “You know how intense a toothache is. Now think about that in a pathway, in a nerve pathway in your body,” Cradduck said. Her pain was on her back and flank. “Not something I could see, not something I could reach, but just an intense amount of burning. And then it came around,” she said. Following the nerve pathway The pain does not show up in random spots, Dr. Rhea Rogers, a board-certified physician, said. “That’s the clue to people. It’s not like you’re going to get a spot over here that hurts, and then the spot on the right side hurts. It’s following what w