 [ Symptoms ] is tinnitus and shingles related  hello i have both tinnitus and shingles for several years and it seems to be getting worst for the last few months i have been very sick with tinnitus this week shingles broke out on both sides of my butt left side lower and right side higher do you know if tinnitus and shingles are related thank you  [ Disease ] hi this usually occurs due to a pinched nerve in the cervical vertebra in the neck causing neuroradiculopathy other possibility is pleuritis either inflammatory or secondary to underlying lung pathology get a mri of cervical spine and a chest xrayct done to find out the exact diagnosis thanks