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        How hard can a shingle diagnosis be? Is it often that misdiagnosis occur?

        Before the rash appears Shingle diagnosis is a hard task. The doctor can put a Shingle diagnosis after some symptoms appear like excruciating pain. The diagnosis is hard to put because is can oftenly be mistaken for kidney stones or pleurisy, a heart attack or appendicitis. The affected nerve will be often the one responsible for the misdiagnosis.
By the way that blisters appear on the body doctors may differentiate Shingles from other diseases.Shingles always forms a cluster. Doctors will often take a sample of swab or scraping from of the rash and send it to laboratories to test.

        Shingles causes blisters,numbness and itching. It is contagious to other people that have not yet had chickenpox. The pain will persist even for some years after the complete healing of the rash. this is named or known as post-herpetic neuralgia.