 [ Symptoms ] 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 did not know that was what is was so i did not 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 [ Disease ] 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