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What Causes Mild Headache And Blisters On Right Elbow?

I thought I had shingles. Because I would go thru a week worth of headaches then I would break out with a few blisters on my right elbow-not alot-just a few. then after taking some valspar the blisters would disappear. My Dr. said it wasn t. What could it be?
Thu, 26 Nov 2015
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Hi.
Noted that you are having headache for a week followed by blisters on elbow.
The blisters of Shingles do not go away so early.
Hence your Doctor said it right and Shingles is not common on elbow.
The headache could have been due to flu, hypertension, sinusitis and so on and your Doctor must have definitely given you the medicines on clinical evaluation and examination.

Shingle's present in a different way.
Take care and find out the cause of headache as it is one week and may need investigations if the headache persists.
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What Causes Mild Headache And Blisters On Right Elbow?

Hi. Noted that you are having headache for a week followed by blisters on elbow. The blisters of Shingles do not go away so early. Hence your Doctor said it right and Shingles is not common on elbow. The headache could have been due to flu, hypertension, sinusitis and so on and your Doctor must have definitely given you the medicines on clinical evaluation and examination. Shingle s present in a different way. Take care and find out the cause of headache as it is one week and may need investigations if the headache persists.