Any one here had SHINGLES?
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From: Lynchburg Virginia.
Any one here had SHINGLES?
Woke up this morning with little red patches going around my left side. Come to find out I have "shingles". Dr. says it comes from having chicken pox as a kid. Hurts like hell. How long will they last?
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From: Palmyra
I had it when I was about 12 or 13. I feel for you man, I couldn't even bear to have a thin sheet lay on mine, it hurt too much. As I recall (this was about*gasp* 30 years ago) it lasted about a month. I feel your pain!
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Yeah, not fun. I had a light case on my shin a few years back. Took a few weeks to clear up.
My wife's uncle who was living with us at the time, had an incredible case. It wrapped around his belly to his back and pretty much covered his abdomen. It was blistered, *****, smelly and inflamed. Of course he made his worse by wrapping it in gauze and slathering on Seamen's Salve, "cures everything". Yeah right. The doctor went nuts when he heard about the body wrap and salve.
I guess it does only happen to those of us who have had the pox, and you can have it more than once in your life. So far I have had it once in my almost 50 years, cross my fingers.
It hides out around your nerves and comes out for a peek once in awhile. Since it is around your nerves, that is why it feels so good
Good Luck,
Jim Henderson
My wife's uncle who was living with us at the time, had an incredible case. It wrapped around his belly to his back and pretty much covered his abdomen. It was blistered, *****, smelly and inflamed. Of course he made his worse by wrapping it in gauze and slathering on Seamen's Salve, "cures everything". Yeah right. The doctor went nuts when he heard about the body wrap and salve.
I guess it does only happen to those of us who have had the pox, and you can have it more than once in your life. So far I have had it once in my almost 50 years, cross my fingers.
It hides out around your nerves and comes out for a peek once in awhile. Since it is around your nerves, that is why it feels so good
Good Luck,
Jim Henderson
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I read the title, and I thought you might have been talking about roofing shingles....
I might have been able to help if it was.
Never heard of shingles used to describe an ailment.
You learn something new everyday.
Hope you get better!!!
I might have been able to help if it was.
Never heard of shingles used to describe an ailment.
You learn something new everyday.
Hope you get better!!!
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I had them about 2 or 3 years ago. Went to the doctor, and he basically said if the pain's not bad, then just wait and they'll go away. The good point of it all is that we are invincible when it comes to chicken pox! 
Kinda makes you feel like Superman, doesn't it?
Kinda makes you feel like Superman, doesn't it?
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My grandmother had them a few months ago and a year before that. I hope that she never gets it again as long as she lives with us. That was one of the most miserable times of my life, and it was her that had them. I think that it took about a month give or take to clear up both times.
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I had them as an adult at the age of 30 when I caught chicken pox from my daughter they lasted about 2 weeks, pains followed nerve ending through my chest and down my arms, hurt like hell and I just about wanted to die. You can only get chicken pox once, but you can get shingles more than once.
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Caused by the herpes zoster virus, same as chickenpox. Lives in nerves (similar to herpes simplex virus, aka fever blisters, cold sores), and the zoster virus got in the nerves originally when the person had chickenpox. Shingles usually seen in older folks, usually occur for no good reason, though some cases are seen in immunosuppressed people (due to certain medications,certain diseases).
It is possible for a person with active shingle lesions to pass on chickenpox to a person who has never had chickenpox or the vaccine, so be carefull not to let kids touch the rash.
It is possible for a person with active shingle lesions to pass on chickenpox to a person who has never had chickenpox or the vaccine, so be carefull not to let kids touch the rash.
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I had a case of shingles when I was 24. I woke up one morning with a burning sensation on my forehead. I thought I had a spider bite me in the middle of the night. It felt like a cigarette being pressed into my flesh. Then it swelled up until my eyes were shut. The pain was almost unbearable.
The doctor told me it was rare for a guy my age to have them and even rarer for it to affect my face instead of an extremity or back. Lucky me. I've still got a scar on my forehead 13 years later, but at least it's faded. I was under a lot of stress at the time, so my immuno system might have been weak. It was really surprising since I didn't know I'd ever had chicken pox before. Even my parents couldn't recall my being sick as a child.
The doctor told me it was rare for a guy my age to have them and even rarer for it to affect my face instead of an extremity or back. Lucky me. I've still got a scar on my forehead 13 years later, but at least it's faded. I was under a lot of stress at the time, so my immuno system might have been weak. It was really surprising since I didn't know I'd ever had chicken pox before. Even my parents couldn't recall my being sick as a child.
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My roommate had a case of shingles a few months back. That was during a time when he was extremely stressed. He woke up one morning and found a rough scaly patch around his underarm. Luckily for him it only lasted 2 weeks but it left that area that was very sensitive to any pressure. Took him about 2 months for the pain to completely go away.
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remf,
Good call, a basic way to say it is they are like chicken pox on the inside of your skin. Usually caused by stress in a older person, can last up to a month. When you have shingles you are are contagious for chicken pox to anyone that has not had them. So stay away from me!
Good call, a basic way to say it is they are like chicken pox on the inside of your skin. Usually caused by stress in a older person, can last up to a month. When you have shingles you are are contagious for chicken pox to anyone that has not had them. So stay away from me!
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Get this, when I was a sophmore in college I got shingles on the middle of the left side of my neck and behind my right ear, talk about embarassing. I first thought it was poison ivy because I was drunk a couple of night befor and fell into some bushes but it just wouldn't go away. Glad I had a girlfriend that loved me, or else I would have been scaring all the women away for that month.
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