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Your doctor can make the diagnose by looking at your skin and asking questions about your medical history. Tests are rarely needed, but may include taking a skin sample to see if the skin is infected with the virus that causes shingles. Lab tests ...
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Diagnosis is usually not possible until the skin lesions develop. Once they develop, however, the pattern and location of the blisters and the type of cell damage displayed are very characteristic of the disease, allowing an accurate diagnosis pri...
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Diagnosis usually is not possible until the skin lesions develop. Once they develop, however, the pattern and location of the blisters and the type of cell damage displayed are characteristic of the disease. This feature allows an accurate diagnos...
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Diagnosis is based on history and symptoms. The person must have initially had chicken pox in order to have shingles. Definite diagnosis is difficult before eruption of the characteristic vesicles or bumps on the skin. Often persons with early shi...
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During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body; Palpation (feeling the body with hands; Auscultation (listening to sounds; Percussion (producing sounds.
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A skin culture is a test that is done to identify the microorganism (bacteria, fungus, or virus) causing a skin infection and to determine the antibiotic or other treatment that will effectively treat the infection.
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A skin culture is a laboratory test used to isolate and identify the microorganism (bacterium, fungus, or virus) causing a skin infection , so the most effective antibiotic or other treatment for the infection can be determined.
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A skin culture is a laboratory test to look for and identify disease-causing substances in a sample of skin. It is called a mucosal culture if the sample involves the mucous membranes.
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Serum herpes simplex antibodies is a blood test that looks for antibodies to the herpes simplex virus.
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