Posted on 09/16/2011 5:58:23 AM PDT by GailA
You can take nutritional supplements and it will go away in a week in most cases, or you can do nothing and it will go away in a week in most cases.
I am 53 and had shingles a few years back. My case was not as bad as some, but it was not fun and lasted for several weeks. Take the shot or do whatever you can to avoid the shingles. Not fun.
shingles lasts longer than that many times. It runs its course or you can take supplements and speed it up a bit. :)
The vaccine must be handled ‘very’ carefully prior to administration. It must be stored in carefully monitored refrigerated storage. Most injections are given in pharmacies here in Pennsylvania. Ask about side effects and ask if your insurance covers it. It is pricey. L-Lysine is effective, inexpensive and almost no negative side effects. Am I biased? Absolutely.
The vaccine must be handled ‘very’ carefully prior to administration. It must be stored in carefully monitored refrigerated storage. Most injections are given in pharmacies here in Pennsylvania. Ask about side effects and ask if your insurance covers it. It is pricey. L-Lysine is effective, inexpensive and almost no negative side effects. Am I biased? Absolutely.
Bingo. Question is will Medicare/Tricare cover the vaccination?
I Don’t want to go through another bout.
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I was just basing my response on scientific studies....
Good question. As I understand it, the Shingles vaccine is the same as the children’s Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine (although probably a different concentration).
I’ve seen a lot of patients with Shingles, and rarely, you will get one that has the post-herpetic neuralgia-very miserable. The acute illness is no walk in the park either. I also know of a teen who was immunosuppressed for a systemic Rheumatologic disease, and had shingles to her perineum/labia. She was hospitalized and on a morphine drip.
I had Shingles once, but they didn’t blister. Burning pain on my upper back on the left side. It must have been mild, because it was more of an annoyance (although I have a high threshold and tolerance for pain).
Unfortunately, I can’t get the vaccine, because it’s a live virus vaccine, and I had a transplant.
I was in southeast asia and after 4 days I got these red dots on my legs. Looked similar to chicken pox. After about a week it cleared up. You know anything that does this? Maybe ants? Something else?
“You know anything that does this? Maybe ants? Something else?”
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Well, not offhand.
I have run into stinging ants, very much like fire ants.
The bites first sting, then they start itching, but does not last very long. The symptoms may, however, vary.
I will ask around.
“There is also a rare condition called zoster sine herpete (shingles without the rash), which is harder to diagnose. This is characterized by chronic pain, usually in the same three- to five-inch distribution in which a rash usually occurs, but a rash never develops. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid tests can sometimes show that the VZV virus is causing this pain....”
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