common area? no but herpes zoster (shingles) follows a nerve pathway so this painful infection can occur in this area. hopefully your doctor prescribed the appropriate anti-herpetic viral medications for you. these are quite helpfu. pain medication is also important since this can last a while longer. how long? it would not be possible to make an accurate prediction since this is really up to your immune system but i would expect that you would be considerably improved in a week (if you had the antiviral medication). the fever headache and flu-like symptoms are typical of shingles so hang in there.
i have shingles and the rash is on my left buttock and also on my left labia. is this an uncommon area for this? <negative_smiley>. i didn't know that was what is was so i didn't go to the dr. for a week and the rash had been there for several days. when i started having fever and headache around my eyes i went and he diagnosed it as shingles. the pain is much worse today and i am feeling flu like symptoms. how many days can i expect the pain to last? it hurts so bad to sit!