Anyone had shingles?

I thought shingles was an adult disease?

 

Shingles is when the virus for some reason flares up after a prior infection of chicken pox.

Like Daisees mentioned, I have found nowhere any real reason as to why it flares up again, but some think it is an overall weakening of the bodys defence sytem-like cold sores.

It can occur in children and adults at any time after a chicken pox infection, although it seems to be more frequently seen in the older section-often it can leave you in pain for weeks-sometimes months and worst of all, in a few cases the pain can last for years.

 

Has she had chickenpox then?

 

Yes, she got it when she 2yrs-that was nearly a fiasco too, we were meant to be going to Spain two weeks after the spots occured-good job the doctor said it was a-ok.

 

Seems strange, perhaps to come back so soon.
I mean most people I know who have had shingles are above 40.

 

The Doc, it isn`t common, but it wasn`t unusual either

 

I was 26 when I had shingles and under a lot of stress with work

 

Hi,

My wife had shingles when she was 11. She took anadin extra four times a day and tried not to move at all if possible. We hope your daughter recovers soon.

 

Hi lolli- just spent 10 minutes trying to explain how I suffer from it, albeit not from such an early age, only to lose the whole message again!

So will just say - yes i think it's brought on by stress, I understand that you have to have had chicken pox to get it and that I think it's the body's way of saying 'I'm stressed'. Shame for your daughter to have it so early. Take comfort though that you can cope with it. I'm going to try some of the remedies on here.

Hope it's looking better.

cheers

 

No but heard yesterday one of our neighbours has just been diagnosed and heard it can be very painful.This neighbour is just retired.

 

Thanks everyone, she wants to try to go back to school tomorrow, she says she is feeling better.

However she is now scarred on her back. They are quite bad too, deep and wide-like potholes in her skin.

 

Thanks Carl,


She is going to have a bash at school today, but I don`t expect her to last the day. We`ll see.

 

Hope she is ok now. I had shingles a few years back and because it was not diagnosed, I did not get the treatment. It has destroyed a nerve in my back and so the muscles which that nerve controlled no longer work. The muscles are ones which help keep the lower vertebrae in place so my spinal cord is being pinched by the vertebrae causing terrible pain, especially down the sciatic nerve. The shingles was not diagnosed because I had no rash with it. I have had it since in a different place, but with a rash and given the proper treatment within the 48 hours needed for it to work and that has left no after effects.
I am having an attack of the shingles type pain at the moment and it is very uncomfortable too.
Hopefully your daughter will have no more trouble with hers, it is a horrible thing.

 

I hope she recovers soon, it sounds horrible :(