Shingles - The causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention

40 yrs old. Had pain in my left chest. I thought it was just gas then a few hours later I noticed these rashes on my chest and nipple. Went to the doctors the next day and she told me I had shingles and that I’m stuck with it or the rest of my life. They prescribed me with Valacyclovir and I’m laying in bed with an ice pack on my chest to numb the pain of the rash. I pray this goes away. Stay strong people. You are not alone. I feel your pain literally and physically 😊

I wouldn’t wish this on my worse enemy. The pain is no joke. I took oatmeal bath, Epsom salt and vinagar bath, camomile baths, and baking soda and vinegar. I also used aloe Vera for soothing my skin. All these homeopathic remedies speeded up my recovery and made it bearable.

At 26 years old, what started as a sore back ended as shingles. I suffered from a simple lower back pain and used some pain relief spray and the next morning I saw painful rash around my hip and lower back. I thought I had an allergic reaction to pain relief spray. Next day it became worse and the pain was something I had never experienced before and the first time I saw blisters. It was shooting pain that came in waves. I had to sleep on one side and any thing that touched it just hurt. The next day at the urgent care I was told I had shingles and was prescribed with medicine. All this was accompanied by a viral fever. This is the worst.

Having it right now for the past month under arm and back .. still hasn't healed and now have terrible back and shoulder pain that's random when not moving... it's great!!😢

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Thank you for sharing! The information and direction provided gives me much needed encouragement in dealing with this painful condition.

L-lysine(1000-2000mgs daily), seabuckthorn and aloe. Also avoid high L-Arginine foods until rash is gone(milk, cheese, turkey, tuna, nuts, salmon) Maintenance to avoid reoccurrence 600mg of L-lysine once a day.

Thank you for the information , safer journey of my life with others 🙏

Very helpful

I'm 36 an I just got it for the first time on forehead an scalp,swollen glands in my neck,tired,dizzy,General sick feeling. .This crap sucks.They put me on 3000 mg of valtrex a day for a week, I'm on day 4.Hope this gets better soon!!Goodluck y'all stay strong.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE.I HAVE HAD SHINGLES SINCE JANUARY THE 1ST AND I STILL SUFFER FROM THE DISCOMFORT I WAS GIVEN ACYCLOVIR AND ANALGESIA BUT I FELT AWFUL.I AM A NURSE MYSELF AND HAVE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC I STARTED HAVING HEADACES EAR ACHES CHILLS AND JUST FELT AWFUL ITS A VERY PAINFUL CONDITION AND MY WORST FEELING WAS AS IF THERE WERE ANTS CRAWLING UNDER MY SKIN THE SKIN ALSO BECOMRS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO THE POINT YOU CANNOT WEAR ANY TOPS.BUT THE ADVICE GIVEN BY THE DR IS EXCELLENT.I HOPE TO GET BACK TO WORK NEXT WEEK.TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.

My doctor gave me an antibiotic antiviral and only gave me 12 tablets of Percocet for the pain. Any suggestions?

Fresh cut pineapple cures shingles. My instructions were to eat a cup once a day for 3 days. I just ate a whole pineapple one time. Next day 75% better. Day after barely felt symptoms, rash was healing. Next day felt 100% and could barely see where the rash was.

If you think you have shingles, go to the doctor ASAP! I'm 16 weeks pregnant and just came back from the ER diagnosed with shingles. Unfortunately I'm too late in the shingles stages to get the antiviral meds, so it's all about pain management right now.

I just had it! The pain is no joke, it strikes me 3xper minute on my head, left arms and my left hand got swolen crying with pain all day and night. Completely in agony for more than 2 weeks, I’m on my 3rd wk, finally all pains slowed down and wish I could go back to work. Just take all prescribed medications religiously to feel better don’t missed any single dosage, alarm yourself when it’s time to take. This helps a lot. It might come back!!! As advise by my doctor, I need shingles vaccine after 3 months to protect me of having shingles forever!

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My mother has it. She also has lupus. From just watching her I can tell it a painful she has it on the right side of her face and her right eye is swollen, it's also on her scalp and she has really bad headaches.

I have it right Now. Its like a mild form of nightmare. Any action I take causes pain and sometimes this intense pain appears and stays for hours. Even though I don't have a flu or anything it is very uncomfortable. The worst thing about this is that you cannot really do anything about it but wait. I don't want to screw my pancreas by taking strong medicine. What seems to help a bit is tea tree oil - it dries the sores for a short period of time yet causing immense burning sensation. I just wish all of this was over. Its crazy.

Am so glad I came across Doctor Ani John on YouTube, cause he has turned my sorrow into joy. I have been having this lupus disease since I was a teenager, but now am permanently healed

Just came back from the ER today. The rash on my forehead but I thought they were 3 bug bites and my lympnodes are swollen on the left side. Went in and the doctor knew almost immediately, he tested my eye because the rash was near but eye is fine. Those who never experience this are lucky because it sucks.