Last Thursday I found out I have shingles. I'm wondering if other swimmers have experienced this and how long did your outbreak last, and how long did you have to stay out of the water?
Last Thursday I found out I have shingles. I'm wondering if other swimmers have experienced this and how long did your outbreak last, and how long did you have to stay out of the water?
A few years back I had it - minor outbreak in a bathing suit area. My physician said I was okay to swim but just not to do skin to skin touch with young kids. Didn't have to worry about that. Hope it helps.
I had it last year, looked like a sash going diagonally across my torso (front and back). Once I figured out what it was (the pain started before the bumps), I went to Urgent Care and they prescribed some things that helped. I was back in the water after about 2 weeks, and it was completely gone within 4 weeks.
On my first day back, I told the lifeguards that I had shingles, it is visible, but not contageous. Just didn't want anyone to freak out.
Right after my very first swim meet in 2016 I was sore and I thought it due to exertion from the swim meet. The next day it began to itch and the pain got worse. The following day I went to urgent care and I was diagnosed with shingles. I got a shot of anti-virals and a prescription and that kept the rash to a minimum, but it left scars on my legs. I went swimming 11 days later and after the scabs formed and were healing.
