10 Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Symptoms
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Flu-Like Symptoms
It's quite common for affected individuals to experience flu-like symptoms about a week before the ear rash erupts.4‘Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.’ Ramsay Hunt Syndrome | DermNet NZ, dermnetnz.org/topics/ramsay-hunt-syndrome/ When the dormant virus is reactivated in the human body, it often causes a headache, high fever and cold.
These generic symptoms happen before the more definitive characteristics of Ramsay Hunt syndrome appear. In some instances, the flu-like symptoms appear just three days before the onset of the rash and facial paralysis.
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