2007-03-08 07:04:11 · 8 answers · asked by ddwis4hire 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
The 1st time I got shingles I was 44 and it started on the inside of my knee and spread from there. When it was full blown it was from ankle to mid thigh. It was the most painfull thing I've ever experienced. I had to go to the ER and was given morphine and it didn't help. I took elavil for months afterwards. It is a deep nerve pain. They say stress has alot to do with getting it.
2007-03-08 12:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-02 12:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't mean to scare but shingles in older people could be due to a malignant condition. not always. in certain conditions, immune function deteriorates because the cells responsible for generating antibodies become altered, transformed, cancerous, so if a person has been exposed to chicken pox causing herpes when young and when they are older they get shingles, then the antibodies keeping the herpes in check could be gone.
or and probably more likely, shingles can be caused if someone was never exposed to chicken pox when young. and it is a fact that as a person gets old immune function declines, so they are more susceptible to infections.
2007-03-15 20:15:46 · answer #3 · answered by jonatan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got them when I was 18...i got it on my side...it started out as a little rash then grew to be VERY painful...it hurt all around the rash...probably like on the whole left side of my stomach. Its a recurrance of the chicken pox so if someone hasnt had chicken pox before they can get it if they come in contact with shingles.
2007-03-08 07:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere
you have been exposed to some stress
see your Dr because shingles is painful
50+ people can have the vaccine but its too late for you Sorry
2007-03-08 07:13:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shingles usually start on the lower back and rape around to your stomach area very painfull I hear they say they follow a nerve line they also say that you still have the hurting after they are healed very much like chicken pox but in one general area.
2007-03-08 08:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by myrbtty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually under the arms on the torso
it is a form of herpes commonly known as chicken pox when you got it as a child.
verry painfull and slightly contagious
2007-03-08 07:09:58 · answer #7 · answered by razorraul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around the waist mostly
2007-03-16 02:21:34 · answer #8 · answered by Colin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋