Singaporean actor Nick Shen shares his painful experience of battling shingles

Actor Nick Shen said he developed symptoms as early as July, and that the pain was beyond description. Photo: Nick Shen/Instagram

Singaporean actor and opera practitioner Nick Shen has shared on social media his three-month battle against shingles to raise awareness of the condition.

In an Instagram post titled “My journey with shingles: recognising the early signs” last Friday, he wrote: “Before any visible rash appeared, I felt an odd combination of pain, itching, and tingling on my neck and ear – the very places where the rash would later emerge. Then came an unexpected fever, hinting that something wasn’t right.”