Stress is the root cause for 80% of all diseases. Don't forget that decreasing stress is important, but helping your body deal with stress through proper diet, exercise and even chiropractic care is also extremely important.
2006-08-10 10:37:02
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answered by jcmelby 2
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A very stressful situation that occurs in a person who has a history of chickenpox disease is likely to break out with a condition known as "shingles." It is very painful and lasts a very long time. I can only imagine that by "spot" that is what you are referring to in general.
Symptoms
When the virus that causes chickenpox reactivates, it causes shingles. Early symptoms of shingles include headache, sensitivity to light, and flu-like symptoms without a fever. You may then feel itching, tingling, or extreme pain in the area where a rash is developing. Several days later, a belt-shaped or bandlike rash appears. This band of pain and rash is the clearest sign of shingles.
The rash caused by shingles is more painful than itchy. The nerve roots that supply sensation to your skin run in pathways on each side of your body. When the virus becomes reactivated, it travels up the nerve roots to the bandlike area of skin supplied by those specific nerve roots. This is why the rash appears on only one side of your body, usually the chest or back, and sometimes on your face around one eye. It is possible to develop more than one bandlike rash on your body with shingles.
Shingles develops in stages:
Prodromal stage (before the rash appears)
Pain, burning, tickling, tingling, or numbness develops in the area around the affected nerves several days before a rash begins. The discomfort occurs on a single side of the body, commonly on the chest or back, but it may occur on the abdomen, head, face, neck, or one arm or leg.
Flu-like symptoms (usually without a fever), such as chills, stomachache, or diarrhea, may develop just before or along with the start of the rash.
Swelling and tenderness of the lymph nodes may occur.
Active stage (rash and blisters appear)
A rash consisting of small fluid-filled blisters develops on reddened skin on one side of your body. Fluid inside the blister is initially clear but may become cloudy after 3 to 4 days.
The rash may occur on the forehead, cheek, nose, and around one eye (herpes zoster ophthalmicus), which may threaten your sight unless you receive prompt treatment. 3
Extreme pain, described as “piercing needles in the skin,” may accompany the skin rash.
Blisters may break open, ooze, and crust over in about 5 days. Complete healing takes about 2 to 4 weeks, although some scars may remain. 2
Postherpetic neuralgia (chronic pain stage)
Postherpetic neuralgia is the most common complication of shingles. It lasts for at least 30 days and continues for months to years. Symptoms are: 5
Aching, burning, stabbing pain in the area of the earlier shingles rash.
Persistent pain that may linger for years.
Extreme sensitivity to the touch.
The pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia most commonly affects the forehead or chest, and it may make it difficult for the person to eat, sleep, and perform daily activities. It may also lead to depression.
Shingles may be confused with other conditions that cause similar symptoms of rash or pain, such as herpes simplex infection or appendicitis.
2006-08-12 03:28:26
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answered by oph_chad 5
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Yes, it does...unfortunately...stress is the cause to everything that is bad...
2006-08-10 12:29:50
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answered by SUGA_STORMY 1
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when my mother used to get stressed she would breakout, they called it hives!!!
2006-08-10 10:41:41
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answered by babygurl 5
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