My Experience of Shingles

thankyou so much for your suming up of shingles.i contracted it 7weeks ago and am still on low doses of oxycontin for the extreme pain,skin sensititivity,and am in bed a lot of my day.it was good to find a 'fellow-sufferer'out there who was able to confirm the severity of this condition.my md said it is a major assault on the nervous system and needs to be treated as such,with a lot of rest and recuperation,good home nursing and seriousness.some bouts are not as severe as others,however all cases need to be taken seriously and treated quickly with the anti-viral drug which,if given before the pustules occur is supposed to help.i received this,had no pustules and yet seem ...  Read the complete review

Oh my how true this is I have been off work for 6 weeks - now rash is gone but still feel like I have been run over by a lorry - my work seems to think I am swinging the lead and there is nothing wrong with me. Lets hope they dont ever suffer themselves eh.

UPDATE OK, It's all over. I had what was described to me as a less serious dose of it, and I am back at work and in decent fettle after A MONTH. (earlier Update) Since almost passing out with exhaustion at work, I am now back on the sick. What my employers don't know, but will soon find out, is that my doctor has signed me off for another two weeks - I am not going to be off that long, simply because I will lose the will to live stuck at home for much longer. Trust me, you don't want this disease. Now, where were we....? Having shingles is a quite spectacular way of getting rid of people. You say ...  Read the complete review

Shingles is caused by the herpes virus which is the one that causes chicken pox. You can't get chicken pox from a shingles sufferer, but you can get shingles from contact with chicken pox (if you've aleady had it.) This painful condition is characterised by a line of little blisters that forms along a nerve. These blister can occur on the body, especially round the waist and on the face. I had a line of them down the right hand side of my face. It started with a tingling sensation in my face, then I got sharp pain in my ear. I just felt generally unwell. The blisters are filled with liquid which can infect other people if they are in contact ...  Read the complete review