Patient/caregiver was educated on signs and symptoms of shingles as follows:
- The fluid-filled blisters can grow bigger and burst open, releasing the fluid that can be contagious and spreads the varicella-zoster virus to others, causing chickenpox infection to immunodeficient patients and individuals who failed to complete the vaccination schedule for chickenpox.
- The open blister sites can crust & scab in due course of time and resolve. Once the rash scabs, the individual is no more contagious.
- The shingles activation is mostly self-limited, with the burning pain and itching continuing for two to four weeks, until the rash resolves. Patients could continue to experience some deep burning pain for prolonged periods of time, after the rash resolved.
