there is no forum for shingles?
 

shingles and phn

what a hell this has been for me for one to 7 months

mainly one month

http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/...play.php?f=242

like that

My cousin had shingles about 3 years ago- I think hers went away after 2 months or so.
I don't know what kind of treatment she was getting for hers though.

from- http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/s...s/shingles.htm
[Is there any treatment?

The severity and duration of an attack of shingles can be significantly reduced by immediate treatment with antiviral drugs, which include acyclovir, valcyclovir, or famcyclovir. Antiviral drugs may also help stave off the painful after-effects of shingles known as postherpetic neuralgia. Other treatments for postherpetic neuralgia include steroids, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and topical agents.

In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration approved a VZV vaccine (Zostavax) for use in people 60 and older who have had chickenpox. When the vaccine becomes more widely available, many older adults will for the first time have a means of preventing shingles. Researchers found that giving older adults the vaccine reduced the expected number of later cases of shingles by half. And in people who still got the disease despite immunization, the severity and complications of shingles were dramatically reduced. The shingles vaccine is only a preventive therapy and is not a treatment for those who already have shingles or postherpetic neuralgia.]

a googled results list-
http://www.google.com/search?q=shing...ient=firefox-a

i had it around eye or in eye and was in hopstial fro 4 days with antbiotics feed tubes

theres a med for the phn but i dont like meds-its not required i take that med

but i should have taken the predisone and maybe could have stayed out of hosptal with it
its numb around eye -its the nerve

i think raw garlic helps -garlic has 18 antubotics

Hi clouds

DocJohn has recently added all microbial induced illnesses to our Lyme Disease forum here, and as shingles is caused by the herpes virus, I would think that is likely the forum for it
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=91

You sure have my sympathy as I had a bout with shingles after being doused with malathione by a plane spraying for mosquitoes on Captiva Island while I was on an early morning beach walk.
I was very ill but had excellent recovery with a series of natural detox treatments. My doctor believed that the pesticide poisoning had so my compromised immune system that it made me an easy target for the virus

I was given an amino acid, L-LYSINE that has been shown to halt the reproductive cycle of the herpes virus
I have been free of any shingles for years now

My Doc's Office Told Me of Shingles Immunization
 

My Doc's Office Told Me of Shingles Immunization. They told me they should have some in a few months and to remember to ask again.

Has anyone heard about this?

:hug: hey omt!! nice to see you.

i haven't heard of this. i know they have a vaccine for chicken pox that kids can get.

maybe bumping this up will help. :)

DocJohn has kindly added Shingles and other microbial induced illnesses to the Lyme Disease Forum, so it would be great to start building more info there, as it currently only has posts on Lyme

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=91

I was given Valtrex(Acyclovir?)for breakouts.............