Burning, itching, thoughts of suicide..................
A word of caution, avoid all women that are pregnant.
I was a bedside nurse for 2 patients over the years that developed shingles over a few days while in the hospital for other conditions. Both times, the nurse on the day rotation was a sweet, young nurse that was in very early pregnancy. Both lost the baby within a few weeks. Both women have gone on to be wonderful mothers.
It may have been only coincidental, but I will never shake the concern from my heart.
Yep, 2nd worst pain in my long lifetime, superseded by PHN which followed after.