Shingles Muscle And Joint Pain

The herpes zoster virus remains dormant and is stored in nerve cells which may explain joint and muscle pain and weakness.

Shingles muscle and joint pain.

In rare cases shingles occurs in the absence of a rash a condition doctors call zoster sine herpete. But with phn you may feel pain itching burning and tingling. If you can t get relief from your pain maybe you could ask your doctor about them. Internal shingles shares many symptoms with shingles on the skin including.

Knee pain from shingles can develop around the same time as a blistering rash or pain may precede the appearance of the rash by two to three days. Postherpetic neuralgia or phn is the most common problem that shingles causes. There are lidoderm patches that were made for the nerve pain of shingles. They are filled with an anesthetic like dentists inject for dental work and you put them over the affected area.

Your symptoms usually go away when the rash is gone.