The conversation between human and AI assistant.
[|Human|] I have had a acute case of low back pain which has immobilized me. i was just getting over a cold when i started Having symptoms of nerve pain in my right leg and an outbreak of shingles at the top of my right buttock. I have never attributed low back pain like this to shingles, but I am beginning to think that maybe that is the cause. I am wondering whether I should be getting an immunization vaccine for shingles. I am 61 yrs. old.
[|AI|]  Dear patient shingles may be reason for back pain. Shingles is caused by varicella virus which mostly is seen in child Chat Doctor.  In many patients when their immunity is suppressed virus which is dormant in body gets activated and reflects as intercostal pain and back pain. Treatment is to start acyclovir and tab diclofenac for pain relief. Please get yourself examined by skin specialist as soon as possible.
