Shingles?? Staph Infection?? Does anyone know what this is?!
Question: When I seem to be under a lot of stress/depressed I get this red rash with clear watery blisters on the left side of my chin. Everytime this happens it's always in the same spot. It feels like the most itchiest thing I've ever experienced and makes the opposite side of my neck sore because I think there is a gland there. I went to the doctors once a few years ago and he referred me to the hospital. They said it was shingles and put me on Valtrex and some other medication that I can't remember. Then again one time in college It broke out again so I went to the doctor there that was at the college and she said it was a staph infection and gave me bacitracin zinc ointment to put on it. Both times I went to the doctors and used the medicine the infection seemed to go away quicker than when I haven't taken anything. I think it's shingles since it always occurs in the same spot and the gland is sore but the thing is it doesn't have the serious soreness associated with shingles.
Answers: When I seem to be under a lot of stress/depressed I get this red rash with clear watery blisters on the left side of my chin. Everytime this happens it's always in the same spot. It feels like the most itchiest thing I've ever experienced and makes the opposite side of my neck sore because I think there is a gland there. I went to the doctors once a few years ago and he referred me to the hospital. They said it was shingles and put me on Valtrex and some other medication that I can't remember. Then again one time in college It broke out again so I went to the doctor there that was at the college and she said it was a staph infection and gave me bacitracin zinc ointment to put on it. Both times I went to the doctors and used the medicine the infection seemed to go away quicker than when I haven't taken anything. I think it's shingles since it always occurs in the same spot and the gland is sore but the thing is it doesn't have the serious soreness associated with shingles.
First of all, to all of those out there that are saying it could be "herpes"....HERPES IS SHINGLES...
To me, from what you've described...it sounds like shingles...
If you know that those medicines work for you...then by all means...go to the doctor and get him or her to order them for you.
The other option you have is to go to an infectious disease doctor...they will run some tests and find out for sure what it is.
It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to use both the Valtrex and the bacitracin on this rash. It will keep it from spreading, and it will keep it from becoming infected.
Good luck.
It could also be herpes. If you're a young person, it's probably recurrent herpes.
Edit: When I said Herpes, I meant herpes simplex I, or oral herpes. This is different from herpes zoster (shingles), which is caused by varicella zoster.
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