# Shingles...VERY localised, aka ONE lesion?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 10, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-very-localised-aka-one-lesion/788580 "2017-06-10T09:29:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-very-localised-aka-one-lesion/788580/1 "2017-06-10T09:29:53Z")

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Yeah, I know, you’re not my doctor yada yada, and I HAVE been to my GP today who referred me to a dermatologist.

But I’m curious: I have a small lesion on my lower neck that hurts like a muthafucka. Just one. Had it for around 3 months now. Looks like a small scabby bit. It stings and burns UNLIKE all of my previous skin cancers that have been remarkably quiet.

Has anyone had such a small shingles ‘outbreak’ before?

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-very-localised-aka-one-lesion/788580/2 "2017-06-10T10:09:15Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Yeah, I know, you’re not my doctor yada yada, and I HAVE been to my GP today who referred me to a dermatologist.
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> But I’m curious: I have a small lesion on my lower neck that hurts like a muthafucka. Just one. Had it for around 3 months now. Looks like a small scabby bit. It stings and burns UNLIKE all of my previous skin cancers that have been remarkably quiet.
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> Has anyone had such a small shingles ‘outbreak’ before?

I would guess a seborrheic keratosis–I have these annoying things and they can sting and burn and itch.

But, I know what they are because they were checked out by a dermatologist. (Bad news, with my stupid health insurance once they are not cancerous or precancerous, and mine are not, then getting rid of them is now a “cosmetic” procedure and…not covered. So I scraped 'em off with an Xacto knife.)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-very-localised-aka-one-lesion/788580/3 "2017-06-10T11:47:58Z")

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> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
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> So I scraped 'em off with an Xacto knife.

YEOW! :eek:

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**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-very-localised-aka-one-lesion/788580/4 "2017-06-10T14:27:47Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Yeah, I know, you’re not my doctor yada yada, and I HAVE been to my GP today who referred me to a dermatologist.
> 
> But I’m curious: I have a small lesion on my lower neck that hurts like a muthafucka. Just one. Had it for around 3 months now. Looks like a small scabby bit. It stings and burns UNLIKE all of my previous skin cancers that have been remarkably quiet.
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> Has anyone had such a small shingles ‘outbreak’ before?

Me. Twice. About ten years apart. Both diagnosed by my MD.