Can you have Shingles without the pain??

I went to the rudest doctor ever on Tuesday regarding a red, bumpy, slightly itchy rash on my lower back/upper butt area. Long story short he told me to go home and look up my symptoms on the internet to see if they match Shingles and go from there. Umm... shouldn't he be diagnosing me, not the internet? F#$%
Anyway so that's what I did and my symptoms DO match shingles only I don't have the extreme pain I keep reading and hearing about from anyone who knows anything about shingles.
He gave me Valtrex (omg) which is also used for Herpes Zoster AKA Shingles... but honestly don't you think a doctor shouldn't give you meds til he knows what the problem is???
Sorry to rant but my real question is: Can I still have shingles and not experience the pain and if so is it really bad that I can't get to a doctor for 2 more days, making it nearly a week that I've seen the bumps? (They say get treatment w/in 3 days of seeing the bumps otherwise it's harder to cure.)

I was diagnosed with Shingles, but I don't have any pain - just ANNOYING ITCHING!! AHH!!

I did some online research, and it appears you can have shingles without pain - it all depends. Some people have mild itching and some people have "oh my god it hurts really bad" symptoms.

I would seek a 2nd opinion from another doctor ASAP for the reasons you mentioned above, it's harder to treat shingles after 72 hours.

(I was prescribed Valtrex too, now everyone at Walgreens probably thinks I have genital herpes since I'm only 30 and shingles occurs mostly in older people. Great.)

My Opinion is go to the Er don't wait to go back to the Dr.I my Self have never heard of painless shingles but there just maybe a case out there.Please don't expose anyone to you know for sure,Especially the elderly and Pregnant.

I started having a rash near my eye, on my forehead and my nose and I went to the doctor and they said , its shingles and put me on high dosage of acyclovir ( 5 times a day)
My rashes are painful, but not to the extent, that I read online, so I also sometime wonder, if I really have shingles, cause the doctors really didn't do any test. !?!?!?
I am only 22 and I have heard that shingles is more common for elder people, so at first i was doubting the doctors decision. Its been 2 days I have taken the medicine and I guess i have no choice but to follow their instruction...

i feel retarded since everywhere I look I see that shingles is more common in people over 65. I'M 18!!! my nurse in urgent care gave me acyclovir for it (five times a day; 6 if I wanna do it in the middle of the night) but I don't have the extreme pain the websites keep talking about. The only thing I have is a burning feeling on my blisters (sorry, gross). it's more of an annoying burning feeling on my shoulder than anything and I pray that it doesn't get any worse than this. But to answer your question, I'm having shingles with no pain.

btw, your doctor sounds like an idiot. I had one like that once - he mis-diagnosed my spider bite. turns out I could've died had i not gone for a second opinion.

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