shingles sounds like fun....i've heard it often starts with a strange sensatiion... as like an itch underneath your skin...you have tingling itch/sensation develop BEFORE you have any visible skin issues ..people will have like an irritable area and to their surprise there is nothing visible the first couple days of these weird tingling sensations "beneath the skin" .as it begins in the nerves under the skin...then it comes to the surface a few days later. Some Folks this can be debilitating and last for weeks and have some symptoms for over a month ....some people can have it much milder. Sounds disturbing and usually effects one side of the body....depending on where this is leg/back/ass/face.. could be a nightmare