Shingles Muscle And Joint Pain

Internal shingles shares many symptoms with shingles on the skin including.
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. In rare cases shingles occurs in the absence of a rash a condition doctors call zoster sine herpete. I am sorry that you have this to deal with and i hope you get better soon. But with phn you may feel pain itching burning and tingling.
Itching and burning sensations especially where the rash appears. If you have an outbreak of shingles and are experiencing joint pain it may be associated with the virus. There are lidoderm patches that were made for the nerve pain of shingles. Your symptoms usually go away when the rash is gone.
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.