medical shingles symptoms
Symptoms of shingles. Symptoms of shingles include pain, tender skin, and a rash, usually on one side of the body. The most common symptom of shingles is pain - a constant dull, burning, or gnawing pain, or sharp, stabbing pains that come and go. Other common symptoms include tender skin and a blistering rash. Typically, shingles takes the following course: Acute pain, tingling, numbness, and itching on a specific part of the skin, on a single side of the body.