Shingles, ugh! What to use topically?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I definitely don't want the thread to get locked up over vaccine stuff

I've been hosing myself down every few hours with lidocaine spray and I'm surviving the day so far! And talking to a few co-workers this morning, they both mentioned acquaintances who had it under 50, so I guess it's not entirely uncommon.

Go get the antiviral topical medicine! Also get some lysine. It can get so bad, don't wait. Also change your diet, no nuts, beer, etc.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, have heard it is awful.

[Anonymous]

Calling in sick because you have shingles would be appropriate. Will the world collapse if you don’t go to work? I mean this kindly. Stress may have helped bring this on and it’s important to take care of you. Sounds like a Netflix on the couch time. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Huh? Everyone knows the vaccine is supposed to be taken at 50

[Anonymous]

My sister had a very bad case that almost went into her eye. She turned 50 n middle of Covid so couldn’t get the vaccine at the time.

You can literally go blind it it goes to your eyes : In some cases, shingles can attack the nerves in your eye, potentially damaging vision. Less commonly, shingles can strike the nerves in your inner ear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh? Everyone knows the vaccine is supposed to be taken at 50

No, 'everyone' doesn't know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shingles isn’t contagious. It’s the reactivation of the chickenpox virus. You can’t pass on shingles to someone else, but they can get chickenpox from you (if they hadn’t already had chickenpox or aren’t vaccinated).

Not true. Pregnant women are vulnerable and people who had either no chickenpox infection or a weak one are vulnerable .

I got shingles in college after being around 5 little kids for 3 weeks who each got chicken pox. So this same virus in shingles can infect a immunocomprised person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister had a very bad case that almost went into her eye. She turned 50 n middle of Covid so couldn’t get the vaccine at the time.

You can literally go blind it it goes to your eyes : In some cases, shingles can attack the nerves in your eye, potentially damaging vision. Less commonly, shingles can strike the nerves in your inner ear.

Yeah, I know someone who lost an eye to shingles (though there may have been an unrelated weakened immune system at play, I dunno). But it’s no joke.