Your Questions About Shingles

Need Dire Help bad the doc’s cant even help.?

last night my brother was admitted to the Er, his whole body broke out in a rash and blisters on his chest, his skin turning blue and so is his eyes he was severely dehydrated and was running a fever of 105 and rising the doc’s at the Er, do not know what this is they ran several spinal taps and other tests.
the doctor said he was going to have to call in several different specialists that work with sever different things to try to find out what this is, what ever it is our sister is starting to show symptoms as well her eyes are starting to turn blue.
has anyone ever heard of this? or seen anything like this before?
everyone is stumped we thought it might have been the shingles but it is not the shingles.
he can hardly talk his voice is almost gone from what ever this may be as well, please if anyone knows anything about this or has seen anything about this please help us we are desperate on this. thank you all who respond…
THANKS SYLVIA im sure that would help!….
please no smart remarks i have no time for games here.
sorry not blue skin his skin has sever rashes and blisters his finger and toe nails are blue and greenish.
forgive me i been up for last 48 hours..
sorry starfall he is 32 she is 28 and no they havent and no they dont live together she was at his house last night when he was running a fever of 104 when it hit 105 she called 911.
and i just found out from my aunt that when he was at work he would call her and bytch about the birds droping off the building and they would lay there dead beside the door to his office.
and he would go out and have a smoke, and he would see the birds laying there but this was like two weeks ago, so why would it happen now. if it came from the birds which i doubt it though but we are telling the er nurse in charge about it..
hes very weak and tired right now i just got off the phone he is scared and can hardly talk right now. his voice is real weak and we are white/Caucasian
well thanks to me and Norm’s research we have found what the prob is its http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/histoplasmosis_gi.html
thank you so much Norm. =D

Do I have a thyroid or autoimmune condition?

I’ve been having some seemingly minor health-related issues recently and I was wondering if these are indications of some kind of thyroid disease. I’m a 19 year old ethnically Chinese male born and raised in the USA.

I think I might have developed a mild case of Hives. It started around 1/3/11 and I get occasionally itchy around my legs arms back or chest which is followed by minor, small red bumps. It persists off and on daily usually in the morning/afternoon, but it isn’t too disruptive to everyday life. When I was maybe around 13, I also developed a case of shingles that went away after going to the doctor and taking meds.
I might also have some kind of Angioedema. It usually is just a raised bump under my eye about an inch and a half long when it occurs and goes away usually overnight. These started happening fairly infrequently maybe 6 months and might have happened on three or so occasions.
I’ve also developed a minor left eye twitch in the past 6 weeks or so. I’m not sure if this is at all related to the other issues.
My dad developed thyroid disease (I think hypothyroidism) sometime in his early-mid 20s which obviously raises my chances of having it.

Other than these symptoms, I don’t particularly identify with any of the common hypo or hyperthyroidism symptoms.

Finally, I should also note I took the quarter off from college to do some independent travelling in the Middle East and do some volunteer microfinance work in Uganda, so finding adequate healthcare might be an issue for me if there is indeed an imminent problem.
I’m still in Israel and have yet to travel to Uganda.

33 weeks pregnant with skin rash…..?

This just started this morning, after i got out of the shower i noticed on my left arm and right arm was covered in a rash. I thought maybe it could be from getting out of the warm shower, so i just told myself i would keep an eye on it. About an 1 1/2 later, it was still there and it started to get itchy and burn. I dont know what to do? I called my dr and he said to put some itch cream on it, but i really want to know what it is and what it is from. could it be an allergic reaction to something, or shingles, i dont know, just very worried about it. Has any one had these symptoms before?

What the heck is wrong with me?

Symptoms:
1. Chronic fatigue
2. Yearly case of shingles
3. Chronic sinus congestion
4. Dark circles under eyes
5. Cloudy thinking/mental fog
6. Depression
7. Lack of self confidence
8. Rectal itching
9. Post nasal drip
10. Sinus pressure (especially after consumption of alcohol)
11. Low sex drive
12. Cold feet and hands
13, Sleep apnea

I eath very healthy and I exercise weekly but I am plauged by these conditions to the point where I feel like I can’t go on like this for much longer. Some of my symptoms align with candidas or low thyroid but I’m not sure.

Mold question regarding lease termination in Virginia?

We suspect mold and/or mildew in our apartment causing everyone in our household to be ill. Our children (3 month old and 20 month old) have been ill for over 5 weeks, ironically since we moved in. Our pediatrician presents mold as a possibility. Some persistant symptoms have been our youngest starting with thrush, congestion, coughing, eczema, and recently diagnosed middle ear infection. Our 20 month old has had coughing, itchy eyes, runny nose and congestion since we moved in 5 wks ago. And I didn’t mention my wife went to the ER about 2 weeks ago for a rash on her forearm and was diagnosed with stress-induced shingles. Is this grounds for asking to terminate a lease in Virginia?