What can you do for the Shingles???

Question

I am a Diabetic and have the Shingles. Is there anything you can take or put on them???

Is there anything I should know? This is all new to me.

Answer 1

This is going to sound stupid, but bear with me. I'm a 68 year old woman that started having the shingles herpes when I started menopause and I still continue having them when I get stressed. They usually locate on my buttocks area and can become very painful and itch for a long time unless I immediately apply, are you ready? Don't laugh, just try it at the beginning of the tingling. The old standby VICKS. As soon as I feel a tingling sensation I start applying vicks and keep the area greased up until the sensation goes away. It very seldom goes into a full blown case. Good luck and I'm not kidding. It works for me. I almost use Vicks for everything that I can't figure what else to use and it works most of the time on whatever I try it on. At least it won't harm you. I would not encourage using it internally. Have never had to, always on the exterior. Let me know.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

I had shingles for the first time when I was 8, and then kept on getting them (I'm kinda sickly, haha!) The stuff inside the blisters can cause other people to get shingles if they touch it. Keep your shingles covered up. Try not to scratch them incase it gets on your fingertips and you forget to wash them. If it itches or stings, lay your hand on a cold hard surface and it will help. Shingles are like 'adult chicken pox'. If you have had chicken pox once, you never do again - but you can get shingles. You get them due to stress sometimes which messes up your immune system. Keep it covered. Notify your neices mother and your friend, but they will most likely me alright unless they touched the blisters! But remember to keep a little distance from them until the shingles begin to heal. Hope they disappear soon!

Answer 5

Antiviral medications such as aciclovir or famciclovir ( perhaps along with steroid medication) can shorten the duration of the ilness and reduce the possibility of long lasting post shingles nerve pain BUT the treatment needs to be started within 48 hours of the onset of the blisters for it to be truley effective.. For the pain and itch calamine lotion can be remarkably effective in the acute phase It is also worth trying simple pain killers and avoid getting too hot. Shingles can however cause long lasting, and often difficult to treat neuralgia ( nerve pain) This pain can be helped by antidepressant drugs such as amitriptiline, antiepilepsy drugs such as pregabalin or gabapentin, counter-irritant creams such as capsacin and occasionally local anaesthetic patches. Most people however make a good recovery from their shingles.

If the rash is on your face near the eye or temple then you must have your eyes checked for shingles of the eye. This can cause ulcers on the skin of the eyeball ( cornea) and lead to loss of vision if not treated.

Answer 6

There are medicines to help with the pain of shingles. Being a diabetic and having shingles is definitely worth a trip to your doctor.

Answer 7

Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection of the nerve roots. It causes pain and a band of rash that spreads on one side of your body. Shingles is most common in older adults and people who have weakened immune systems because of stress, injury, certain medications, or other factors. Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the virus (varicella-zoster virus) that causes chickenpox. After you recover from chickenpox, the virus lies dormant (inactive) in your nerve roots. In some people, it stays dormant for the rest of their lives. In others, the virus reactivates when disease, stress, or aging weakens the immune system. 1 The cause of reactivation of the virus is unclear; however, once it does reactivate, it causes shingles, not another case of chickenpox. Most people who get shingles will not get the disease again, although it does come back in a few people.
There is no cure for shingles, but treatment may shorten the length of illness and prevent complications. Treatment may include:

Antiviral medications, sometimes in combination with corticosteroids, to reduce the pain and duration of shingles.
Pain medications, antidepressants, and topical creams to relieve long-term pain.

Answer 8

If you have shingles, you can do little except apply calamine lotion to soothe the rash and take analgesic such as asprin to ease the pain. You should see your physician however if your face is affected. The physician may prescribe a more effective analgesic. In addition, you will need professional advice on how to protect your eyes.

Answer 9

There are many different therapies for shingles, and you should be treated. One of the possible lasting effects is something called post-herpetic neuralgia, which is pain that lasts after the lesions are gone, and it is very difficult to treat.

See your doctor.

Answer 10

My mother-in-law has shingles and she has been on medication for quite a few months now. If you don't get them treated medically they will only get worse. Get to a doctor now!