What is the best relief for shingles?
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Had shingles the first of the year. Valtrex for the skin and tylenol for pain till it quit working then Vicodin
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put a towel on the floor and scrunch it up with your toes.  Do this over and over again, and it will help take away the shin splints.
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Shingles is a localized infection due to the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. It occurs only in people who have had chickenpox in the past and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella virus. Why the virus reactivates in some individuals and not in others is unknown.A person must have already had chickenpox in the past to develop shingles. Contact with an infected individual does not cause another person's dormant virus to reactivate. However, the virus from a shingles patient may cause chickenpox in someone who has not had it before.Shingles is not usually dangerous to healthy individuals although it can cause great misery during an attack. Anyone with shingles on the upper half of their face, no matter how mild, should seek medical care at once. There is some danger that the virus could cause damage to the eye resulting in blindness. Complications are rare but may include partial facial paralysis (usually temporary), ear damage or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).\nChickenpox must be prevented in order to prevent shingles. A live attenuated viral vaccine against chickenpox was licensed in the U.S. in 1995 and is very effective (95% efficacy).
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The Homeopathic Remedy SULFUR 30 is perhaps the first and the one of the best remedies to cure any sort of Allergies cleanses your system and regulates against future allergic reactions !\nTake care and God Bless !
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Usually put you on zovirax or similar antiviral drug.  It may shorten course of shingles a little, but not much in my experience.  High dose prednisone (cortisone) by mouth for a couple of weeks may help.  And you should be given narcotic pain medicine as needed.  Shingles is a reappearance of the chicken pox virus, which has been lying dormant at your nerve roots since you first had it as a kid. It breaks out along the path of a spinal nerve, curving around your body on one side from the side of your spine.  Generally, after a painful period, it will go away.  Keep it clean, so you don't get those sores secondarily infected with bacteria.  I mean take some showers, keep clean.  Don't go fiddling with the sores with dirty hands.  You'll live.
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My husband found out 6 months ago that he has Vertigo.  He takes Valtrex to stop the Vertigo. A lunesta at night to sleep.  His doctor took some urine samples to check for metals.  Sure enough they were very high on mercury...we are taking Chelex to rid him of the metals.  This metal was the trigger for his out break of Shingles in his Ear.  He has been doing Dr. Stewarts treatment for 5 months and has had no other spell of the Vertigo and has a better sex drive than before his diagnosis.  Dr. Stewart is very optimistic that he will be cured in 4 months from the Chelation treatments.  Hopefully this helps. Haley from San Antonio
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If you really do have shingles, you can be contagious. Shingles is actually very painful. If you're itchy because it's starting to heal with scabs, you can rub some hydrocortisone cream 1% . If you have shingles, you should consider getting an HIV test.
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This is a mild form of shingles.
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I guy I work with just had it.\n\nIts like an outbreak of the repressed chicken pox virus from when you were a kid.  Its brought on by great stress and apparently it itches like chicken pox.  They treated it with really high dosages of hormones.\n\nTry this http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm
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Shingles is not infectious in the same way as chickenpox, where the virus can be passed on in coughs and sneezes. However, shingles is contagious. This means it can be passed on by direct contact. Fluid from shingles blisters can cause chickenpox in people who are not already immune. People with shingles should avoid those with a lowered immunity. \n\nthere are some herbs that can help with the problem. contact me fo more information about them.
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I wouldn't waste anytime getting to the doctor for a diagnosis and a referral to a skin specialist. I had a skin condition that was misdiagnosed as a form of Shingles for 2yrs. As it turned out we have now found out its a form of Lupus that effects the skin called Discoid Lupus. They don't know what causes this but it is worsened and sometimes kick started in the 40 plus age group by direct sunlight and Heat. There are many things it could be but best to rule out all the nasties as soon as possible. Good Luck.
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You don't. Caused by Herpes virus (same virus as chicken pox...you probably had chicken pox, didn't you?) Do all you can to boost your immune system, go to doctor for Cyclovir treatment that may be indicated. DO NOT use steroids of any kind, such as cortisone...will make the infection much worse. Basically, the only way you can get over this really painful disease is to get rid of stress in your life, do the vitamin thing to boost immune system. and see another doctor who specializes in HIV diseases. Shingles is a real problem for those with HIV, as are other nasty Herpes viruses. Therefore, I would see a doc who has great experience with this disease. Cyclovirs are used to combat Herpes I and II, Epstien Barr, and Cytomegalo virus. Check it out and I sincerely hope you find some relief quickly. But ... change docs. This one is doing you no good.
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Homeopathic Remedies work the best for all sorts of allergies starting with SULFUR 30 which is the first remedy for most allergic reactions !\nFeel free to email me if you need any more help !\nTake Care and God Bless !
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I've heard the worst pain of all is "shingles" pain (an inflamed nerve tract running across your body).  This was from a lecture at school, apparently it was a poll.  Labor placed second.
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Medical studies (I believe in the 1950's) showed that very high doses of vitamin C (requires an intravenous infusion) were very effective in clearing shingles and post-herpetic pain.  You will need to find a knowledgeable Naturopathic Physician or Medical Doctor to get this type of treatment.\n\nYou can try very high doses (1000 - 2000 milligrams) of oral vitamin C, taken every hour throughout the day.  These high doses can cause diarrhea in some.  Also, even these high doses may not be able to raise serum levels of Vitamin C high enough to be effective.\n\nAlso consider seeing your Chiropractor.  Spinal manipulation of the involved vertebrae has, in my clinical experienced, helped some recover faster from herpetic pain.\n\nBest wishes and good luck.
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He has shingles, which is herpes simplex and it is not caught from one person to another.  However, you do need to stay away from anyone who has not had chicken pox or the shot.  Shingles is caused from being stressed out and very upset to the point that a nerve comes to the surface and literally burns out which causes the red rash.  It is very painful and it circles the area where the nerve goes and then ends.  He can get it again if he is subject to being nervous or upset.  I have had shingles so many times I now have permanent symptoms in my face, which is numbness and tingling. The sexual herpes is a different type altogether and is caught from one to another and cannot be cured.  There are medications for shingles, but they do not do too much for the problem.  You just have to wait it out.  The symptoms usually last up to four weeks.
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You could get other illnesses when you get older.\n\nShingles\n\nHerpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, leading to a crop of painful blisters over the area of a dermatome. In Italy and in Malta, it is sometimes referred to as St. Anthony's fire. It occurs very rarely in children and adults, but its incidence is high in the elderly (over 60), as well as in any age group of immunocompromised patients. It affects some 500,000 people per year in the United States. Treatment is generally with antiviral drugs such as aciclovir. Many patients develop a painful condition called postherpetic neuralgia which is often difficult to manage.\n\nIn some patients, herpes zoster can reactivate subclinically with pain in a dermatomal distribution without rash. This condition is known as zoster sine herpete and may be more complicated, affecting multiple levels of the nervous system and causing multiple cranial neuropathies, polyneuritis, myelitis, or aseptic meningitis.\n\nThe word herpes comes from the Greek word for snake; it is cognate with herpetology[1].