What to do if shingles doesn’t come out but just hurts?

Herpes zoster without herpes is pain, can be given antiviral, nutritive nerve, pain medications to help relieve symptoms. 1. Antiviral drugs: shingles is caused by the activation of varicella zoster virus latent in the body, treatment is mainly based on antiviral drugs, such as acyclovir, vasiclovir and so on. 2. Nutritional nerve drugs: the virus causes inflammation and edema of the nerves, which can cause pain. Nutritional nerve drugs such as methylcobalamin can be given to repair the damaged nerves and reduce pain. 3. Pain-relieving drugs: If the pain is more obvious, pain-relieving drugs such as gabapentin and pregabalin can be given if necessary to relieve the pain caused by herpes zoster. Through the above ways of treatment, the effect is not too obvious, you can go to the hospital dermatology or pain department for examination, under the guidance of the doctor to use physical therapy, acupuncture or local injection of glucocorticoid closure therapy to improve the symptoms.