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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had chicken pox in my 40s…NP thought it was a skin issue…Brother in law is a pen….diagnosed it in 5 minutes [/quote]

Similar story here - my shingles was misdiagnosed as cellulitis by a PA at an Urgent Care. I was in agony for several days, as a pregnant woman, until a dermatologist diagnosed me correctly in about 30 seconds. I’m still so grateful to her!!!![/quote]

Actually your Obgyn should have seen that one and diagnosed easily.  While shingles is relatively rare in young women, they are relatively common in the pregnant population due to immune suppression in pregnancy.  I diagnose them several times per year.

I can absolutely see how an urgent care provider could misdiagnose, especially at early stages, regardless of training.

“Old-style” NP who commented earlier.  [/quote]

I’m glad to know that shingles is difficult to diagnose. I’m the formerly pregnant lady who posted above. I was 39. I started feeling the pain on a Friday (on top of my head), so it would have been difficult to get an outpatient appt anywhere. The weekend was agony - I took Codeine only when I could not stop swearing from the pain. The truly ridiculous thing is that Urgent Care PA called me the next week to follow-up. He was in disbelief that his antibiotics did nothing and his diagnosis was incorrect![/quote]

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