My mother in law is 51 years old and has a acoustic neuroma brain tumour. For many years she has suffered reoccuring shingles & chicken pox alternating. One time she has chicken pox then the nest time its shingles. She was sent for a brain scan 7 years ago and that was when they discovered the tumour which up to now has been monitored by scans and has not grown. My question is that is there any long term cure or solution for her chicken pox/shingles??? Some years she gets them 4 times and it is dehabilitating even with antiviral meds. Any advice massively appreciated.
2006-09-29 04:16:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
jim had shingles most of his adult life, he used to swear by coconut oil. and i dotn think there is a cure. but dont stop looking. we forget what we already know..hopefully someone out there hasnt forgotten...
weve been around a long time..much longer than pharmaceutical houses.. check out very old medical books, american indians, or the chinese...
2006-09-29 04:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-09 03:13:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tania 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fact that once you contract chicken pox, you forever have the herpes zoster virus in your body. She's getting shingles---not chicken pox repeatedly. It's not possible. Shingles looks exactly like chicken pox and a person with shingles can only be contagious to someone who has not had chicken pox (in which case they would get chicken pox-not shingles.) Shingles comes from within the body, while chicken pox comes from an outside source. You can get shingles in different places on your body every time you have an out break. But you won't get it all over your body, like you do with chicken pox.
Here's a site for further info from the National Institutes of Health: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm
2006-09-29 04:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-02 16:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by Odell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recurring Chicken Pox
2016-11-04 04:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had Shingles for the first time a few weeks ago. I am normally in good health and haven't had any other health challenges before, so it came as a surprise.
Shingles is probably the most painful thing I have ever encountered. I went to the doctor, and he gave me some prescription drugs to take that was suposed to help, but didn't.
My wife found the Fast Shingles Cure ebook online and bought it for me, I am very lucky to have such a wonderful woman in my life. We followed the book, did what it said, and it delivered what it promised. Finally my Shingles rash is over... I feel truly blessed and thankful.
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2016-05-17 21:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 27⤊ 0⤋
The medication is called Zovirax, just to clarify that point. And it is an out break of shingles, not chicken pox. As stated before me, shingles can occur at any place on the body but will not spread through the body. there are some things that will trigger an out break (high stress) so i would check and see if there is anything going on that could attribute to her outbreaks. If her current physician is not actively ahead of this, i would ask them for a referal to someone who is versed in auto-immune diseases.
GOOD LUCK, and i hope things improve.
2006-09-29 05:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by back2good1225 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it sounds like shingles and chicken pox but see the doctor just to be sure. Try calamine lotion and oatmeal baths for him and an anti-inflammatory for you. Good Luck!!
2016-03-17 03:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by Allyson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vitamin C 1 with bioflavinoids 1 gram 4x daily
Lipoic acid 100 mg 2-3x daily
Lysine 500 mg 3-4x daily on an empty stomach
Multiple vitamin-mineral to build up immunity
Capsaicin cream to painful areas
Vitamin E 400 iu 3x daily during active periods and 400 iu daily other times
Olive leaf extract or lomatium 500 1-4x daily during flare ups
Methylcobalamin as directed
2006-09-29 05:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know you could get chicken pox more than once. They now have a vaccince for children for chicken pox. Can your mother get the vaccine?
2006-09-29 04:24:51 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋