Profpointy
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Bah & Harhumph !
Have you got it ?Bah & Harhumph !
Yes! My BIL had it really bad and I think he was in bed for a week .Isn't shingles somehow related? Isn't that what us old folk get?
As shinglesI think it can lie dormant and flare up at any time .
Caused by the same virus which, after you have had chickenpox, lies dormant in the body and can flare up as shingles when the immune system is weakened (through age or other illnesses )Isn't shingles somehow related? Isn't that what us old folk get?
Isn't shingles somehow related? Isn't that what us old folk get?
Have you got it ?
Best to be on the safe side.Yep - felt ropey at work (working away) and went back to hotel and bed early a couple of nights. Yesterday saw a load of spots and thought hey ho, this aint right. nhs website said book a call back with a nurse - they were very helpfulland thorough but a bit non comittal. Whilst encouring me to see a doctor, there didn't seem a lot of point since, though in late middle age, I'm in good health. To be fair they want to rule out the more serious but rare things like meningitis or tropical deseases. Today looking in the mirror it is pretty obvious it's chickenpox
Get to the docs. I had shingles 18 months ago, at first I had intense stabbing pains in my chest on the rhs which I ignored as it wasn't my heart, then I got some spots and I discounted these as ant bites (I'd been lying on my side whilst gardening), but then more spots and by the time I went to the docs the spots covered my shoulder and side. Whatever he gave me helped, but apparently the earlier you catch it the better. I had six weeks of itching and scabbing, the itching was intense, especially the first couple of weeks. Calamine lotion helps (spell check put gasoline, which is a bit drastic). I've still got the scarring on my back.Yep - felt ropey at work (working away) and went back to hotel and bed early a couple of nights. Yesterday saw a load of spots and thought hey ho, this aint right. nhs website said book a call back with a nurse - they were very helpfulland thorough but a bit non comittal. Whilst encouring me to see a doctor, there didn't seem a lot of point since, though in late middle age, I'm in good health. To be fair they want to rule out the more serious but rare things like meningitis or tropical deseases. Today looking in the mirror it is pretty obvious it's chickenpox