Do Shingles In Buttocks Spread Through Out The Body?

Posted on Thu, 4 Jun 2015

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Question : I have shingles in the butt crack and they have started drying up. I am on medication for 5 days. I have constipation and am worried if that Imight catch bacterial infection or shingles on my anus if the stool is too hard or if I have torn sone skin there as it is burning slightly. Please help

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (37 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This is very unlikely

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

shingles may spread to the body when the patient is immunocompromised, which means any of the following:
- HIV patients (AIDS)
- cancer
- transplant recipients
- immunosuppressive treatment for any reason (eg rheumatoid arthritis)

In healthy individuals this is not likely and you should not worry about it.

I hope I've alleviated your fears a bit!

Kind Regards!

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar