I received a flu shot on October 24, 2013. Four days later I had some itching on the back of my ear and bottom of my hairline. I asked a co-worker to look at it. She thought it was spider bites. Well, the gland on my neck was so swollen and then the nightmare started. I went to the doctor and his diagnosis was acute dermatitis, but told me I was contagious and couldn't go to work for 10 days...????? He told me that since the rash was in 2 different sectors, he didn't think I had shingles. OK...the rash spread to the front of my ear, inside my ear, on my neck , shoulder, on my scalp, lower part of face and on my chest, all on the right side of my body. And of course, it wasn't caused by the flu shot. I was prescribed Valtrex and Gabapentin. I took the meds and took my time off from work. When I went back to work, I came home and went to bed...I'm still doing that. Now, it's December 28, 2013 and I feel like it's starting all over again. The two places where it started are starting to flare up...pain shooting up my neck, pain in my ear and the rash has never gone away. Where the rash was it was all swollen up. The swelling has gone down and the scabs have fallen off, but you can still see the bumps left over . I have the chills all the time. Not like me...I'm always hot. I'm a 57 year old female in good health. What's going on?
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I received a flu shot on October 24, 2013. Four days later I had some itching on the back of my ear and bottom of my hairline. I asked a co-worker to look at it. She thought it was spider bites. Well, the gland on my neck was so swollen and then the nightmare started. I went to the doctor and his diagnosis was acute dermatitis, but told me I was contagious and couldn't go to work for 10 days...????? He told me that since the rash was in 2 different sectors, he didn't think I had shingles. OK...the rash spread to the front of my ear, inside my ear, on my neck , shoulder, on my scalp, lower part of face and on my chest, all on the right side of my body. And of course, it wasn't caused by the flu shot. I was prescribed Valtrex and Gabapentin. I took the meds and took my time off from work. When I went back to work, I came home and went to bed...I'm still doing that. Now, it's December 28, 2013 and I feel like it's starting all over again. The two places where it started are starting to flare up...pain shooting up my neck, pain in my ear and the rash has never gone away. Where the rash was it was all swollen up. The swelling has gone down and the scabs have fallen off, but you can still see the bumps left over . I have the chills all the time. Not like me...I'm always hot. I'm a 57 year old female in good health. What's going on?
December 8, 2013 - 5:44amThis Comment
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