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1 This condition is known as postherpetic neuralgia, and it occurs when damaged nerve fibers send confused and exaggerated messages of pain from your skin to your brain.  Vision loss. Shingles in or around an eye (ophthalmic shingles) can cause painful eye infections that may result in vision loss.
Other common symptoms include tender skin and a blistering rash. Typically, shingles takes the following course: 1  Acute pain, tingling, numbness, and itching on a specific part of the skin, on a single side of the body.  1-5 days after the pain begins, a rash appears.