 [ Symptoms ] are there alternative treatments for genital herpes [ Disease ] without seeing your bumps i cannot be sure you have shingles either shingles is typically not in the middle of the back but rather follows a nerve pathway on just one side of the body so in your case it would only be on one side of the back perhaps traveling the front but never crossing the midline the can be a bit itching initially but shingles is notorious for being painful or burning