I think what you are thinking of is shingles. I am definetly up on that yogurt recipe. It is better than ice cream! So far my Dr. calls it hyper-algesia. He says it could be RSD, but he wants to wait on that until my next nuero appointment. All I know is that it is the worst part of this so far. I can deal with unrelenting pain. I can deal with not having any fine motor control, I CANNOT deal with the burning fire, the swelling and the absolute horror of being touched in any way. How do you tell your beautiful children that you love them, but don't touch mommy, it hurts?