Shingles?!?! Who has had it?

[glennds]

uhmm what are shingles?

herpes zoster, caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. i have had it. just awful.

it is treated with acyclovir. your doctor will prescribe a high dose at first which may be tough on your stomach. after a week or so doses will be lower. your doc may prescribe vicodan to alleviate the pain.

acyclovir is arelatively new drug. just came out in the 80s. before that there was no treatment for shingles. acyclovir also prescribed for genital herpes.

shingle may occur on face, or back/torso. painful, ugly cauliflower like lesions develop. will heal but may leave scars.

 

[dali]

I had shingles 9 yrs ago and they are not fun at all. I was in great shape at the time, but when shingles hit I was stripped of my strength almost immediately. They only lasted about a wk, but the effects dragged on for months.

You get better, just hang in there

 

[PeoplePc]

thats why u don't do drugs man

 

[cornfish]

My buddy at work had them last May. So he get's some anti biotics on a Friday and on Saturday he wakes up and half his face is paralyzed.

Bells Palsy and he druels now, but basically part of the nerve dies and it just has to grow back, is the slimmed down version. Anyways, it's September now and he still has it because of the shingles.

Messed up, i wish you well sir

 

[tubob]

Had chicken pox , never shingles . I hope i never get them cause i got CP in my late twenties and it hit me very hard and i was very ill. Not very nice at all, hope you get well

 

[Steve The Bluesman]

My dad had them about 15 years ago - he said that pain was out of control, and at the time, the drugs did nothing.

He recovered completely in about 3 weeks. Good luck to you bro.


Bluesman

 

[gymratforlife]

I think I have them now on my arms they are getting worse,went to a friend thats a pharmacist and he said it was a skin herpes and gave me Acycloveir ointment to put on them.

 

[MassiveJO]

any stress can bring out Shingles....emotional, physical, injury,fatigue, lowered immune system as others have said.....nice thing is it's very treatable these days

get well soon man

 

[Daisy_Girl]

nice thing is it's very treatable these days

get well soon man

It is treatable - but FUCK it hurts. Like a **constant** burning, stabbing pain. I never knew such a rash could hurt so DAMN BAD.

 

[maldorf]

It is treatable - but FUCK it hurts. Like a **constant** burning, stabbing pain. I never knew such a rash could hurt so DAMN BAD.

yeah, i came down with chicken pox when I was in my late 20s and shingles developed along with it. THe pain at times was so bad it felt like I was being burned with acid. Just about my entire body was covered, and I had a fever of 102. Most terrible illness I ever had, I looked like a leper.