Pleeease help...?Herpes Zoster? (SHINGLES)?

Somebody on here said I may have Herpes Zoster (shingles) I have these small red painful lumps on a few fingers, does this sound like it? they started about 5 weeks ago now, has anybody had them before? what causes it? could it be stress from school

Lilly thanks but all the site son th e internet say that you can get herpes zoster (shingles) on your fingers, it even shows pictures

It could be shingles, but it does not sound like the typical presentation of singles. You might consider visiting the doctor to see what's causing the problem. Shingles usually appear as tiny blisters or a rash, and not usually described as lumps, but if the lumps break open an turn red, then it is consistent with shingles. Shingles also usually follow a single nerve path, and not multiple paths, but the patterns vary. Shingles can occur anywhere on the body, and the problems can last weeks or months.

The pain caused by shingles is similar to a number of herpetic infections - and the pain of herpetic infections is unmistakable: a combination of burning, itching, pain and hypersensitivity to touch.

If you have shingles, the virus is always present in you body, and it occasionally flares up. The reasons for the flare ups are not really known. Stress seems like a possible factor causing the flare ups, but there really isn't anything someone can do to prevent flareups from occurring.

The herpetic whitlow in the previous post seems a more likely cause than shingles.

it could be any number of things.
please go see your doctor.

it could be from putting your hands in chemicals, or bleach or vinagar, and a simple dermotology creme will clear it up.

shingles appears on the face, and the tummy.

NOT on fingers!!

they are limited to one side of the body or the other and follow a nerve path.

i've never heard of herpes on the fingers!!
face, mouth, tourso, mid secition, genitals, yes

fingers????
honey-- talk to your mom, school nurse, another adult.
don't trust these yahoo's to scare you

do a google on herpes or a yahoo search on shingles, and you will see photos and know that's not what you have!

maybe you just have worry warts.
that's curbable and treatable easy!!! it's a virus!

shingles and herpes are extremely contagious and painful!!!

Go to the doctor, tell your mom

yahoo answers, sometimes people say mean scarey things!!

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It could be herpetic whitlow, aka herpes of the fingers. I get outbreaks on one finger a couple times a year. It's a cluster of 3 or 4 tiny bumps, insanely itchy. Sometimes they get bigger, fill with fluid and burst. Sometimes they never go past the tiny stage. I put neosporin on them and keep it covered with a bandaid when out in public, but it seems to clear faster when allowed to breathe.