Linda asks…
I have shingles in my scalp for the past 20 years. Unlike shingles on the waist,they are not visible outside.?
They are on 75 percent of the area.I have tried various treatments such as L-Lysine, Neurontine etc.
My doctor told me there is no treatment for shingles. Since they are blisters, which are about 1/4 inch deep inside. They cause me severe pain and I feel nauseated. Now I am using my crude method, i.e. I pierce the affected area with lancet and release the blood, this reduces the pain for couple of days, but they come right back. I am 65 and get easily upset when shingles hurt.
I am looking for any kind of information, specially if anyone has experience with any natural treatment such as herbs. Any smallest information would help. Please
admin answers:
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Don
Donald asks…
I have shingles, please help determine how long.?
The shingles started phisically appearing a day ago, I got painkillers, stereroids, and an actual treatment. It’s on my leftjawline and under my chin, and I’m not going through the pain that others are discribing, but it does hurt alot.
I wanted to go somewhare in 4 days from now, but I know it’s not going to be gone by then, but can anyone predict how long it will be before it’s gone?
admin answers:
Before a rash is visible, the patient may notice several days to a week of burning pain and sensitive skin. Before the rash is visible, it may be difficult to determine the cause of the often severe pain. Shingles start as small blisters on a red base, with new blisters continuing to form for three to five days. The blisters follow the path of individual nerves that comes out of the spinal cord (called a dermatomal pattern). The entire path of the nerve may be involved or there may be areas with blisters and areas without blisters. Generally, only one nerve level is involved. Eventually, the blisters pop, and the area starts to ooze. The affected areas will then crust over and heal. The whole process may take three to four weeks from start to finish. On occasion, the pain will be present but the blisters may never appear.
Nancy asks…
What is causing mouth drooping on one side?
I suddenly developed a droop on the left side of my mouth yesterday. Also dry eye on that side. I have no pain and no problems with my arms or legs. No dizziness or confusion. I have been battling with boils and shingles for a year. And I am one of those few people who has no rash from the shingles, only the pain. My doctor tried me with 2 different antiviral medications for the shingles a year ago, with little results. So the only medication I’m currently taking is codeine for the occasional bouts of pain.
Except for the way I look, issues eating & drinking and using Artificial Tears for the dry eye, I feel fine. I have no medical insurance and no money for additional Rx beyond my codeine. I still can’t pay the doctor or ER for the shingles treatment.
Does this sound like a stroke? I am 59, but I’m not really ready to die today. 🙁
Yes, the mouth droop and the eyelid droop are on the same side.
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who has had this, and that everyone doesn’t automatically suggest stroke and a visit to the ER. Whew! I will check into Bell’s Palsy.
UPDATE – I finally reached my doctor yesterday, and he agrees with the Bell’s Palsy. He wants to see me today, just to be sure I didn’t miss any symptoms, but I’m so glad it isn’t something more serious, like a stroke. Thank you.
admin answers:
Sounds really familiar. I had that problem when I was about 16. I had no pain but half my face just seemed dead. Went to the doctor and they told me I had Bells Palsy. It’s caused by stress and they prescribed me steroids and my face was back to normal within a few days.
So I’d suggest going to the Dr. 🙂 Also, maybe look up Bells Palsy on google or something just to read more symptoms and get a better idea. Hope I helped!
Lisa asks…
Husband had severe outbreak shingles (face&head) brought on due to weaken immune from remicade, was scary?
first 3 days, is now out of hospital sores are healing but there is nerve damage to face he is suffering from pain due to whatshingles do to nerve endings and we knew to expect this, my ? is he seems to become addled and confused stumbling and disoriented talking as if tounge is swollen or something and at times making no sense,does anyone know if this normal? also was told vision might be affected by this once swelling was down, he did not lose his sight was fuzzy at first but it did come back but 2 times since released he has lost total vision in the eye and then came back several hours later, is this normal? we have Doc appts. this afternoon and I a m just trying to educate myself on all there is to know, especially since it took 3 visits to ER before they finally got it. I was very adament on each trip that he suffered from Ankoylosing Spondylitus and Chrohns disease and was receiving remicade treatments which suppresed immune system. shingles is RARE side effect of remicade. TY
hypoxic? please explain. Believe me I have no faith in Docs havent for a long time he has done way more suffering than needed and I truly believe if the Docs cared more about him then the almighty buck or getting sued or fighting with Ins co. things would not be such a life of hell for him, I know there are some Docs out there who care (we had one til he moved out state a yr ago that made house calls when hubby was to sick to go to him at no extra charge who also gave me his home # in case of emergencys but we all know that is not the norm and we will never find that in a Doc again.
admin answers:
Sounds like your husband has Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Please look this up on the web and see if the symptoms fit. If it is he needs to be treated with large doses of steroids. Good Luck.
Michael asks…
I’d like to know a bit more about why I get shingles so often, I’m only 25!?
When I was 9 months old I caught the chicken pox from my brother, my mum says I got it really bad. Then later on, these blisters would appear from time to time, on my left upper cheek. I was probably 1 and a half years or so. My parents brought me to tons of doctor’s and no one would could properly diagnose this or they couldn’t get the proper treatment for it. Most creams they would prescribe just didn’t work well. So they are from Portugal originally and we made frequent trips over there so they found a really good specialist that prescribed a really good ointment that treated the blisters most effectively.
So I got these blisters over my lifetime once or twice a year, usually when I went to Portugal or came back, the change in climate seemed to trigger it. It laid dormant till the age of 15. I guess with the hormonal changes plus the fact that we moved to Portugal for good, set it off. This time though, the area got really swollen and painful and the swelling ran down my neck where the nerve it. It just came on so violently. I went to see my specialist there, he stuck me with a shot I guess to substitute the antiviral pills that they give you here and gave me my ointment and that was the end of it. A week and a half later it cleared up as it did in the past.
At the age of 22, I vacationed in Bermuda, on my way back, I guess the change in climate set it off again, so it came back with a vengence! The pain was unbearable, couldn’t sleep, my face was horribly swollen on the one side and the blister would ooze.
Now I’m 25, and the little blister showed up again, yesterday morning and within 24 hours. started oozing and swollen and the nerve there down my neck is so swollen and painful.
So I’m back on the meds for it and I guess my big question is… Is it normal to have this so often in my lifetime? And why does it come on so strong as I’m getting older? Should I be seeing a specialist here and have my files sent over so it can be better analyzed? The doctor today said that since I know what it is that it isn’t necessary to see a specialist cuz it’s not curable, I just have to get the meds to treat it.
This is just so unfair!
admin answers:
This does not sound like typical shingles. I’d start seeing specialists to find out for sure what this is, or at least find a specialist who can test and say for certain that it’s shingles. I’d be suspicious of any doctor who told me it wasn’t necessary for me to see another doctor — specialist or otherwise. I’ve found that good doctors usually welcome second opinions and are not offended and do not advise against it.
I noticed that you got flares of this around the time you’d travel. Did you have to get vaccinations before the trips? Over-stimulating the immune system (such as with vaccines) has been increasingly linked with all kinds of auto-immune disorders, and it stands to reason that it could be setting off whatever it is that you have.
So my advice is yes, see a specialist. Get a second opinion, a third, and even a fourth if necessary. You’re young, and if this is something that can be cured or even managed, you want to find it.
Good luck, hope this helped a little…
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