John asks…
I have been diagnosed with shingles but I have no rash, Is it safe to go to work?
I am still on tablets to bring the rash out and still feel not myself – but I hate to let work down. Did any one of you suffer from this and how long was you off from work? I have the weekend for the rash to break out, if the drugs work.
admin answers:
I’ve had shingles twice now and never had a fully developed rash. I couldn’t have worked though because I was in absolute agony with it. You are sick with shingles so sod work, stay at home put your feet up and rest and recuperate!
Mary asks…
I have this rash/shingles thing on my back but im not sure what it is?
Its like 12 pimple like bumps but they’re in a circle and they don’t ich or hurt , does anyone have a clue what it could be ? I can’t upload a pictire because I’m on my phone but does anyone have a clue ?
admin answers:
Shingles hurt a lot……..and I mean a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you sure they are shingles??? I would suggest getting aloe vera cream or better yet the plant itself, and applying it to your rashes/shingles. If you’re using the plant, you cut it open, and a gel like substance will ooze out, rub that on your rash to make the pain subside. Aveeno lotions work great if you don’t want to get the cream, get oatmeal or aloe vera if they have that
Michael asks…
I think my shingles rash is coming back..i have some questions…?
I had a shingles rash in about april of 2005 on the right side of my neck. it scabbed over, but i still have the scar. Around new years 2007, I got it back, except on the right side of my face, next to my mouth. it was itchy, so i put diaper rash cream on it. the redness went away, but now its dry skin and it still itches. What’s going on with my skin? is it something other than shingles? should i get medical attention?? please help me!! i know that shingles, if severe enough, can be deadly.. I DONT WANT TO DIE!!!
admin answers:
Go to the doctor.
There are antiviral pills now that clear shingles up in 2 days, I had it last year.
Better safe than sorry, and you might be sorry for the rest of your life with scars.
Sandy asks…
Could a rash i have be the start of shingles?
Hi, i have little spots started to appear over my back, stomach and below my waistline, some of them look as though there is dried skin on them, they suddenly appeared yesterday, not painful or itchy – yet! How would i know if there going to be shingles?
admin answers:
It does not sound like the shingles I had a couple of years ago, when I felt a strange tingling/numbness in my arms first – both arms and pretty much symmetrical. It was really weird and like nothing I had felt before.
Shingles hides in your spine and when it emerges, usually is felt on both sides. It’s referred, so, although it feels like it’s in your arms/legs/whatever is actually just the nerves leaving your spine that supply that area. It affects the part of you body that the nerves radiating from the vertebrae with the problem supply. So it will affect both legs or all round your stomach or both arms or your head etc, but, for instance, not a leg and an arm.
I did not feel tired at all and just thought it was odd and remember laughing and telling my partner how weird it was that my arms felt so strange.
About 5 days later I started to get a rash. I had read up on the internet and when the rash came I went straight to the doctor and got the drugs and it was all gone in a flash.
If you do get the drugs early on, shingles can be got rid of very quickly and with no subsequent repercussions. However, if you wait until it has more of a hold the antibiotics will have far less effect and you can get numbness and problems afterwards. It can have a serious effect on your life.
So, it really is best to get it checked out, but it doesn’t sound like shingles. All the best, Debbie
Susan asks…
More about Shingles Rash?
I know that the same virus that causes chicken pox causes the rash, Shingles…but why? I’ve read that the rash happens usually after stress….but why does something *different* happen, instead of having another breakout of chicken pox?
Is it possible to have the chickenpox virus, if the person has never had chicken pox? (can poeple be born with the virus, or obtain the virus, and never have a cpox breakout?
Thanks.
admin answers:
The virus goes dormant in your spinal column and may resurface – recurrence most likely in the elderly or if there is and autoimmune disorder
it is a raw and painful rash, sometimes the sufferer cannot bear clothes or even sheets.
There is now a vaccine available against shingles.
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