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From: marisa callan

Q :  Hi I have had severe tenderness and pain along one area of my rib cage. I have had a mammogram and chest xray. Both were fine. My physician thinks it might be shingles. However, there is no rash. I have had shingles many years ago. Is it possible not to get a visisble rash and still have pain.

  Answer : Hello Marisa. Although the rash is a sure sign of shingles, sometimes the shingles rash cannot be seen and it makes it very difficult to detect the disease. Some patients develop post herpetic neuralgia (or PHN) as an after effect of the shingles disease. When a person has PHN then the shingles affected nerves continue to pain for many months and in some cases even years after the shingles attack. You must ask your doctor to prescribe some good pain medication. 

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