Is it possible for it to not be super painful at first?
Not asking for a diagnosis! I will be calling for an appt on Monday. I (43F) have had a spot on my scalp for two days that is itchy and just weird feeling. A bit of nerve pain. I feel one or two small bumps/possibly blisters. It started out as what I thought was an ice pick headache when I was on the treadmill. A kind of sharp pain in one spot on the side of my head. That continued off and on for a day. I felt the pain maybe 5-7 times that day. But the pain was not terrible, maybe a 4 on a scale of 1-10. And it was very brief. My mother had it and she said it can’t be shingles because the pain would be constant and much worse. I did have chicken pox as a child in the 80s. So has anyone had shingles and it wasn’t terribly painful at first?