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Posts: 500 (07/05/2008 21:12:48) |
I swear by aloe vera, or as my grand-daughter calls it - nanny's magic green jelly!!!!! It's what I used on her when she had chicken pox and on my mum
when she had shingles.
The one I use is SBC purchased from QVC. San x |
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june barker |
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Posts: 1289 (07/05/2008 21:16:43) |
calamine lotion is the best to put on the blisters to make them stop feeling itchy and it is also cool to the skin. sorry to hear about your shingles, not nice
to have but after a week or two, you will feel better.
love june xx |
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ELAINE LUCY |
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Posts: 6092 (07/05/2008 21:37:15) |
Ooh! poor you!
My Mum has had shingles twice. First time on her scalp under her hair and again about 2 years ago on her lower body. As soon as we realised it might be shingles the second time, and that ALL of the blisters hadn't appeared (she had the tingling sensation that precedes them), I insisted at the GPs that they gave her some tablets to lessen the effect. It was a struggle to get them, but some blisters were not out. It did lessen the effect and prevented her having even more pain over a wider area. She still had a lot! They can be excrutiatingly painful! My Mum's were each time and she is not one to complain about pain even now at 86! The tablets were Zovirax (Aciclovir), but they are of little help if the rash has all come out. This might help http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/herpeszoster.htm Try not to scratch, but it must be so difficult Lori. Take care. love elaine xx |
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Posts: 1344 (07/05/2008 21:47:48) |
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secretstamper |
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Posts: 3038 (07/05/2008 22:10:06) |
When I had a really bad allergy I was prescribed Eurax cream which was an absolute miracle! This was years ago and I had forgotten what it was called but my
friend has used it too and has just text me the name.
Not sure if you can use it for shingles but worth asking the pharmacist because it relieves the itching for hours at a time, bliss! Claire xx |
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Robertson 111 |
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Posts: 6341 (07/05/2008 22:21:31) |
How awful for you, hope they clear up soon and you feel much better.
Dee x |
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Anne06 |
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Posts: 3653 (07/05/2008 22:28:22) |
Hi Lori I am so sorry you might have shingles its an awful vrius
When the Doc calls tomorrow he,ll fix you out as people have said Modern medication is superb for shingles Chicken pox was rife in this area a few weeks ago my wee grandaughter who is 6mths had them and oh golly it knocked her for six and then had a nasty ear infection just last week...... My hubby had chicken pox when he was 28 and again he really was extremely ill with them so although its a nasty virius i always saw it as a blessing that my children took them when they were young and they didnt really realise what the itch was ... My mother had them a few years ago and was given these new antibiotic type drugs for shingles and she had a reation to the sun while she took them so take care during this wee spell of sunny weather ....... I hope you feel better soon Lori Hugs Anne xxxxxxxx |
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maggie may |
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Posts: 3121 (07/05/2008 23:17:28) |
Oh Lorrie that makes 2 of us my doctor has given me anti hystamin tablets and anti hystamin cream and honestly they work. I've got it down my right arm and
it has affected my elbow I thought it was tennis elbow til the blisters appeared at the weekend. One of the grand children must have passed it to me as it is
still doing the rounds at the schools.
Hope you get some ease soon hugs maggie |
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calonie |
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Posts: 981 (08/05/2008 01:07:01) |
Sounds like all good advice, I really cant add to it. I have never had it so I can only imagine what you are going through. Hope you are feeling better soon..
Carol x |
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Ali G is in the house |
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Posts: 961 (08/05/2008 09:30:18) |
The last person I knew that got them last year got a newish drug which if given soon enough, helps to reduce the time it takes to recover, which can be quite a
while. Hope you get the best help going. Dont forget to rest. Ali x
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