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I Have Shingles .... They Are Finally Scabbing Over... And

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2020

Question: I have Shingles.... they are finally scabbing over... and today I feel alot better... but... yesterday... my mom started to run a fever... she's been coughing since Thursday... so much so that she is losing her voice.... I've had Shingles for 2 weeks that I know of... She had a shingles vaccinations... I'm wondering if she could have it too... or Covid as she has been out ALOT lately

Answered by Dr. salah saad shoman (36 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Possible COVID-19... needs further testing...

Detailed Answer:
Dear Ma’am,
I have gone through your question and I understand your concerns but the symptoms your mother has been experiencing are unlikely to be due to shingles infection...

It is probably due to COVID-19 infection. I would recommend that she isolates immediately herself and get an RT-PCR test for coronavirus.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee