Seek early treatment mayo clinic health letter june 2002.
Treatment for early stage shingles.
Shingles is caused by the same virus known as varicella zoster virus as chickenpox.
Your doctor can usually diagnose your shingles right.
Early symptoms include tingling and pain.
Early treatment can limit pain help the rash heal quicker and may reduce scarring.
These vary from very mild skin irritation and pain to fever and other symptoms of severe illness.
Shingles or herpes zoster occurs when the dormant chickenpox virus is reactivated in nerve tissues.
The early stage of shingles called the prodromal stage begins 3 to 4 days before the rash appears.
Once a doctor confirms shingles they may suggest the following treatments.
New england journal of medicine 2005.
National institute of neurologic disorders and stroke.