That sounds like a lot of bowel medication to begin with. Sometimes our bodies need more calories and water while fighting infection. Stay hydrated with popsicles, jellos, broth, melons, apples. That will help. Liver issues would give you different symptoms. Liver pain, nausea and loose stools not constipation

I see that this post is from back in April and now it is August and I am currently battling shingles and about the second week that they have broke out on the abdominal area ! I am hoping that by posting this even after you probably have recovered by now, that in case you get a recurrence I can assure you that it does affect the liver because I became a golden child and skin color was a Jaundice/
yellow !Bowel habits were a part of the beginning with the burning that you described and also the being hot that you talked about! I have been saying to by three different doctors. Along with the shingles I am suffering with impetigo as well ! I was too far into having the shingles for the viral shot So options were limited however I have stumbled across something that has been a great relief to me and would like to share to everyone out there who suffers from these very painful places that come on the body and that is if you have access to purchase a product called monkey butt powder it has corn starch and calamine in the ingredients and it does dry up the shingles so options were limited however I have stumbled across something that has been a great relief to me and would like to share to everyone out there who suffers from these very painful places that come on the body and that is if you have access to purchase a product called monkey butt powder it has corn starch and calamine in the ingredients and it does dry up the shingles! The pain is still there however it does help with the abrasive failing wearing anything that touches it! this product is not advertised and is purchased at a farm supply and you could also find them displayed at some hardware stores totally different from a medical pharmacy ! It is a great anti-friction and calming powder for these irritating abrasions, And this is my first experience with shingles and it is very misunderstood and I have found that the doctors do not know what to do especially when the shingles cause other complications. I am a type two diabetic and definitely have to be concerned about a sore of any kind on my skin! I am experiencing nausea from the shingles and probably diabetes related also because the shingles will cause the glucose readings to elevate because the system is in fight or flight mode !

Hi Raine . . I just got an alert of your post. Your story and details are much appreciated. Were any of the 3 doctors you saw willing to say you had shingles? I went to 2 doctors, actually was seen by 3 and none would agree I had shingles bc the breakout was all over my body, not just in 1 dermatome on one side of the body as the "textbook" teaches them. The itching is unbearable. Yes I was jaundiced too. Evidence of the color was seen after about 2-3 weeks on my skin but in my stool and urine about 4 or 5 days after itching and breakout started. Along with the shingles misery, I was also madly itching the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet. This could have been nerve itching g from shingles but it could also be from liver malfunction from shingles attacking the liver. I am 63 and I read that shingles at this age more times than not will also affect the liver. Yes this was tough enough to go through , but with doctors who don't agree and refuse to give the antiviral med that is supposed to help with symptoms and duration. I was first seen about a week after it started and the med isn't supposed to help after 3 days of first symptoms. Seems a bit useless. I probably would have gotten better treatment if I had gone to the hospital. My husband had a friend who'd had same kind of symptoms a few years back and gone to the hospital but had to make a return visit to get diagnosed by a doctor older than the first one who told him he had poison ivy. Yes, can you imagine?? I had a lot of bloodwork done which showed along with my liver enzymes being sky high (hepatitis from the shingles although not diagnosed that way) that I likely had a current epstein barr viral infection. If you research, you will find a connection between the epstein barr virus and a number of other illnesses, some of which are just thought to be suddenly acquired without knowing how or why, i.e., shingles. Also, mono, shingles, chicken pox the root virus of shingles are all types of herpes viruses and live dormant in your spine once you gave them awaiting a time when your immune system is weak enough to open the door for them to take over once again. The second doctor who thought I might have mono, given the prior test showing high chance for epstein barr refused to test me for mono bc the time frame had passed since the start of my illness to test positive even if that was my primary illness which can also cause a breakout, but different than shingles. So he decided to wrap up my diagnoses in his file on me saying I was having a reaction to herbal supplements I took which can cause liver problems, and completely disregard all the shingles symptoms I had which were more telling of a viral problem. Let me know more and I will also write back. I hope and will pray for your speedy recovery.