herpes zoster? or MRSA

seiclan
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:06:09 +0000

I had shingles at age 26. It was VERY itchy and looked like chicken pox except the pox were all together (instead of scattered over my entire body). I just found this thread, but had I seen it earlier, I also would have told you that it sounded like a regular Staph infection. Times of stress (physical or emotional) lower your immunity to a myriad of nasty infections. With MRSA, there tends to be an additional edematous (local swelling) reaction.