10 Shingles Symptoms
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3. Fever
A fever is an increase in body temperature. Usually, the temperature should be above 38⁰C (100.4⁰F) in order to be considered as a fever, but this depends on the site where the temperature is being measured. A fever is usually a response of the body to a threat. By increasing the body’s thermostat set point, we start to shiver to generate heat in order to reach the new temperature that has been set.
Shingles is a viral infection, therefore, it may cause fever. Despite being an infectious condition, not all patients will develop this symptom. For the patients that do develop fever, it usually appears before the characteristic rash appears and it rarely causes more than a mild fever.
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