Can you get shingles in one spot near your elbow?

[Anonymous]

I have no idea what this is from but I noticed a painful red spot last night near my elbow that was reality sore. It is red and yucky this morning but is just one spot... Could this just be a bump that got infected or something minor even if it is sore?

[Anonymous]

I think Shingles typically affects the face. Could it be excema or psoriasis?

[Anonymous]

Shingles typically starts from one spot and spreads. When I had it, it started with a painful spot on my back. I wasn't sure whether it was a pulled muscle or what. I recall reading that some people get it in their eye(!).

If it's shingles it will spread, but antiviral medication might help, but you must start the antivirals asap. Visit your doctor -- it's not worth it to risk shingles. It's an awful, painful, disgusting disease.

[Anonymous]

Shingles does NOT typically present on the face. It can present on the face, but can present under the arms, along the torso, on the back.

Shingles rash occurs in a band or strip on one side of the body. It follows the area where one of the nerves from your spinal cord connects with the skin, called a dermatome. Shingles usually appears along a dermatome, each of which is located on one side of the body. Shingles can strike any dermatome on the body. On very rare occasions, it can present as a slight rash on a dermatone, then migrate to your brain via the spinal cord. That's what happened to me, and I nearly died.

I would get your elbow checked, but unless it is spreading to under your arm, it's probably not shingles.

[Anonymous]

Thank you PPs. So glad you are ok 10:44. How absolutely terrifying

[Anonymous]

First: Shingles follow the path of a nerve root. Facial shingles involve the trigeminal nerve. And yes anyone can get shingles on the face. The more common sites are ares of the trunk, arms, and legs. Facial shingles are very serious as it can go up into the eye.

[Anonymous]

OP, I would guess a bite of some sort. Perhaps infected. You have to be really careful of skin infections like MRSA. If it gets insanely itchy, definitely go to the doctor.

[Anonymous]

Describe "yucky" OP.