shit! i have shingles

[almost-pro]

Don't know what having a baby feels like.. but the pain I feel from the fucking shingles has to be close. This shit is awful. The breakout starts on the left back side of my neck at the hairline and runs halfway down my back. Feels like a hot frying pan is sitting on my skin 24/7. Luckily, I went to the doc the day after the breakout popped up and he put me on prednisone and valtrex so I hope it clears up soon. I can't lift for 2 weeks, docs orders.

 

[dynasty-]

that blows man....my grandfather had that shit and said it was very painfull....hopefully ill never get it...i wonder what causes it

 

[jonny jacked]

shitty deal bro. a buddy of mine got shingles a few years ago. doc gave him a script for oxycontin - 100 of em' - that was a fun week! - for me that is!

 

[GoldenDelicious]

oxycontin for shingles? what a dodgy bastard!

sure it hurts but even a paracetamol/codiene prep is overkill for a first suggestion.

good luck with it, hopefully theres no nerve damage

 

[Bulldog_10]

Did you ever get chicken pox as a kid?

 

[NixieRocka]

gOOD POINT BULLDOG, ive heard that if you didnt get chicken pox as a child shingles is just a "adult" version of it. Never knew if it was true but thats what dear ol mom used to tell me =]

 

[Jabs]

I just got over mine a few months ago. I didn't have a bad case becasue their was no pain. Right under my shoulder blade and then they came around right under the pec. I think I have scars from those damn things. They should blister then scab over then your in the clear. It takes a few weeks to get better

 

[Bulldog_10]

gOOD POINT BULLDOG, ive heard that if you didnt get chicken pox as a child shingles is just a "adult" version of it. Never knew if it was true but thats what dear ol mom used to tell me =]

It's true. That's why parents always want their kids to get chicken pox.

 

[E-Swift25]

Don't take the oxy's. Just sell them at a tidy profit.

 

[Koivu_11]

I don't know what shingles and chicken pox are. Could someone explain what it is to me, please?

 

[Bulldog_10]

I don't know what shingles and chicken pox are. Could someone explain what it is to me, please?

You never heard of chicken pox bro? Do a search on google or something...I've never heard of someone never hearing of chicken pox.

 

[shortstack]

gOOD POINT BULLDOG, ive heard that if you didnt get chicken pox as a child shingles is just a "adult" version of it. Never knew if it was true but thats what dear ol mom used to tell me =]

well i guess im just one unlucky fker, cause ive had both!
and dont be such a baby, its not that bad. i would be more worried about that prednisone! not only does it make you bloat, it eats away muscle mass!
how much did he put you on???

 

[ZKaudio]

you cannot contract shingles without previously having chicken pox. If you are exposed to shingles outbreaks and you have NOT yet had chicken pox, the virus will be transmitted as chicken pox, not shingles.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

ok this is the short version. shingles is caused by varicalla zoster, the virus that also causes chicken pox. what happens is that this bastard bug lives indefinitely in your spinal fluid. if you are stressed, have a low immune system and all that, then the virus can migrate along one of the spinal nerves and manifest in that characteristic, pustular (pus basically...yum) rash along the area that that particular nerve controls. this is why you usually only get it on one side of your body, and the doctor will usually know straight away what it is.

because it is along a nerve, you often get long term nerve damage, meaning that you will feel pain even though there is no injury, sometimes up to years after the infection. the soner you treat the virus, the lower the chance of this happening. the rash usually resolves by itself anyway.

if you do get nerve damage then of course it depends on how bad it is, but you might be on pain killers for a long long time afterwards, anything from paracetamol (acetominopphen for the yank annoying alternate spelling bastards) to opiate based drugs

um, thats it, really.