Around Aug. 1, I noticed some spots on my forearm that appeared to be a spider bite. I went to my family doctor, and she immediately diagnosed me with shingles and put me on gabapentin, which didn ...

Symptoms of shingles include Pain that usually begins first and is severe because it is nerve pain and rash appears only on one side on chest and back, face, neck, arm or leg. It looks like a band ...

Shingles, on the other hand, does not come about due to exposure, but due to a person’s immune system failing to keep the virus (which stays in the body forever) under control.

Around Aug. 1, I noticed some spots on my forearm that appeared to be a spider bite. I went to my family doctor, and she immediately diagnosed me with shingles and put me on gabapentin, which didn ...