Shingles are line like rashes caused by a virus that develop around your body affecting the skin nerve endings generally underneath ribs, primarily to the navel though they can emerge anywhere. These are painful and can last for a number of weeks and the pain can persist for months or for years in atypical cases.
To know and to be sure about shingles you can look for minor fever, upset stomach, chills, ache and softness generally on lone part of ones body or face, irritation or itching on the skin followed by an burning red rash, profound burning and acute sporadic pain.
Shingles are caused by the same virus (herpes zoster), which causes chickenpox. People who already had chickenpox are resistant to the same virus for the second time if not their immune system are badly affected by a severe disease, tension or shock.