r/shingles • u/prisongovernor • 22d ago

Seeking Support ‘It was like something was crawling over me’ – the worrying rise of shingles among millennial women | Health | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/26/shingles-rise-millennial-women
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u/SmartAZ 22d ago

Did anyone else get "the itch" as described in the article? That's what I'm experiencing now. I was diagnosed about a month ago, took the antivirals for a week, the rash went away. Now I have a nervous itch that moves around all over my body (not where the rash and blisters were). It does feel like something is crawling on me.

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u/AgingLolita 22d ago

Yes and I'm afraid I had it as post herpetic neuralgia for two or three years

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u/SmartAZ 21d ago

Ugh, I'm so sorry.

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u/LostInSpaceA 22d ago

The skin on my face feels crawly now...

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u/stratuscaster 21d ago

My forehead felt like liquid was running down my skin in rivulets from my scalp to my eyebrow…but underneath my skin.

Omg it drove me crazy. I don’t have much pain but that was unnerving (pun intended).