I would also like to suggest that when you see your regular
doctor, you explore the possibility of shingles.
If you have had chickenpox in the past, shingles can activate
and cause confusing pain and discomforts. This can be tested for by blood tests for herpes titres (levels).
Often shingles will appear with a stressor of some sort.
Some doctors think that shingles must have sores/lesions and this is just not true:
Quote:
Neurology. 2001 Jul 24;57(2):351-4.
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Acute, chronic, and recurrent varicella zoster virus neuropathy without zoster rash.
Fox RJ, Galetta SL, Mahalingam R, Wellish M, Forghani B, Gilden DH.
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
The authors report three patients with acute, chronic, and recurrent neuropathy associated with varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection but without zoster rash. CSF of all three patients contained VZV immunoglobulin G antibody, but not herpes simplex virus. In two patients, serum/CSF ratios of VZV immunoglobulin G were reduced compared to normal ratios for immunoglobulin G and albumin, and one patient also had VZV immunoglobulin M in CSF. All three patients received antiviral therapy and improved. The diagnosis of nervous system infection by VZV may be confirmed by the presence of antibody to VZV in CSF even without detectable VZV DNA.
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PMID: 11468330 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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I am not suggesting you have a lumbar puncture, but a trial of antiviral medication may work for you (These drugs are commonly given to millions of people daily).
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