Can shingles cause pain and/or heaviness in chest?  I am 78 years old, weigh 158 lbs. and 6 ft. tall, and in good health until this.  Have recently had EKG and chest x-ray in emergency room and both checked out good.  Yesterday was diagnosed with shingles but still have the heaviness in chest.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Yes, shingles can cause chest pain and heaviness in the chest. First, no need to worry about heart or lung related diseases as your ECG and chest x-ray are normal. Shingles virus affect nerves of chest. So patient develops neural pain in chest. It also causes painful breathing movements. So patient feels tightness and heaviness in chest. Treatment is as follows.  Chat Doctor.