My skin hurts **update it's shingles

[mrsstats79]

My skin hurts. I have no rash. Can't see anything wrong with my skin. Not dry. It just hurts to the touch. No allover but on my arm and on my back. Anyone have this happen to them?

 

[DLgal]

You're probably coming down with the flu or covid. It's a hallmark viral symptom.

Either that or you are having a nerve issue in your neck/cervical vertebrae. A pinched nerve can cause skin sensitivity.

Final possibility is you might be about to get shingles. Sometimes that is the initial symptom before the rash appears.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

My skin hurts. I have no rash. Can't see anything wrong with my skin. Not dry. It just hurts to the touch. No allover but on my arm and on my back. Anyone have this happen to them?

I usually happens to me when I’m getting sick. I hope you aren’t coming down wth the flu.

 

[_19disnA]

I would ask your doctor. None of us know your medical history or what types of medications you are currently taking.

 

[focusondisney]

My skin hurts. I have no rash. Can't see anything wrong with my skin. Not dry. It just hurts to the touch. No allover but on my arm and on my back. Anyone have this happen to them?

How old are you? I was thinking shingles too.

 

[FreeTime]

Shingles was my first thought also. Something else, I am allergic to most of my clothes. I will often have pain before a rash comes up within a few days after I have worn something that is irritating.

 

[kymom99]

Hope it’s not shingles. My husband is suffering terribly with them right now.

 

[ronandannette]

I've never heard of a shingles outbreak on arms (although maybe it can happen), but there is definitely a nerve band around the back/under the ribs that is a common location. Here's hoping that's not what you have, OP.

 

[Plague]

How old are you? I was thinking shingles too.

I've had it twice - once in my twenties and again in my sixties. Age isn't really a factor.

I've never heard of a shingles outbreak on arms (although maybe it can happen

Both my 'events' were on my left arm. The virus hides in the spinal column and affects the nerves leading out from whichever place it is active. (In very simple terms )

My second attack I spotted (or at least suspected) the early symptoms and got to the doc pronto. He have me some pills which if given early enough significantly mitigate the effects, which was good.

 

[mrsstats]

71. Will see dr if it doesn’t go away

 

[ronandannette]

71. Will see dr if it doesn’t go away

Don't wait too long. As the post just above yours mentions, there is an anti-viral treatment for shingles, but it MUST be received early in the process, like most anti-virals.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Take it away again Andy.

Call the doctor.

 

[SirDuff]

71. Will see dr if it doesn’t go away

Wait, are you the same poster as the OP? With two different (though very similar) logins? Either way, agree that reaching out to your doctor is a good next step.

 

[Christine]

Actually, I've had that occasionally. Seems to go away in a day or two. I always sort of assumed it was related to some other pain or ache that inflames the nerves. Just monitor it and if it worsens or doesn't go away in the next couple of days, check in with a doctor.

 

[focusondisney]

71. Will see dr if it doesn’t go away

Did you have the 2 dose shingrix vaccine? That one is supposedly much more effective than the older 1 dose vaccine. If you did, maybe it’s not shingles.

 

[focusondisney]

I've had it twice - once in my twenties and again in my sixties. Age isn't really a factor.

Yes, anyone can get it. But it is much more common in older people. Plus I was wondering if she had the shingrix vaccine which is given to people over 50.

 

[Dan Murphy]

My skin hurts. I have no rash. Can't see anything wrong with my skin. Not dry. It just hurts to the touch. No allover but on my arm and on my back. Anyone have this happen to them?

Wishing you well, mrsstats79 (and without the 79 also).

Hope it’s not shingles. My husband is suffering terribly with them right now.

And wishing your husband a quick, complete recovery, kymom.

 

[kymom99]

Wishing you well, mrsstats79 (and without the 79 also).

And wishing your husband a quick, complete recovery, kymom.

Thank you. He has had them for a month. He’s going back to the doctor today to try to manage the pain. He can’t sleep and is struggling to work.

 

[RogueX]

Call the doctor to find out what is the cause. I have Allodynia and when it flares, it feels like my entire body is bruised, that's how much my skin hurts.

 

[DLgal]

I've never heard of a shingles outbreak on arms (although maybe it can happen), but there is definitely a nerve band around the back/under the ribs that is a common location. Here's hoping that's not what you have, OP.

You can have a shingles outbreak literally anywhere on your body, even in your eyes. It follows nerve pathways which are all over.