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Originally Posted by isarl
Hitch, as somebody else “lucky” enough to have experienced shingles, I offer my sincerest wishes that you beat it soon, and an enthusiastic second of your advice to get the vaccine if eligible. If you're not eligible, then familiarize yourself with the symptoms and if you ever think you might have shingles, seek treatment immediately, as when I had it, there was some treatment which can be undertaken if the infection has not yet set in too much, which can help lessen its severity.
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I hear that. What's weird is, I had pain--but nary a rash in sight until AFTER the pain bloomed into near-full-gear. I guess that's odd, they say. But, sports fans, yes, if you're too young, etc. familiarize yourself and if you get what feels like increasingly severe muscle spasms, around your torso, run, do not walk to the nearest Urgent Care, PCP, whatever works in your neck of the woods and see if they can spot it. Y'know, the paramedics and ambo crews that planted all the elctrodes and leads and stuff, all over my trunk, did NOT see the rash! It wasn't until like 2 hours later, after some agonizing fun "getting to know you" time in the ER, that the Head Doc said "hey, do you usually have a heat rash here?" and that's the weirdness.
So, rashes, yes, pain, yes, oddball muscle spasm stuff, yes. All symptoms. and can/may also occur almost anywhere--arms, legs (rarer), heads (rareish but not rare enough) face, EYES!!!...so BE CAREFUL. And the moment you are eligible, get out the vax.
@isarl: You have my
deepest sympathies (you know you do, in our wee and "exclusive" club here, cough) and I hope you escaped PHN? (Post-Herpetic Neuralgia--in other words, the rash goes away, you
look cured...but the pain does not go away, for months or even years or even worse.)
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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
I hope it's better soon for you Hitch!
I look into getting one, but you can't get one in the Netherlands until you're 50, except for certain circumstances (HIV, have had an organ transplant, etc).
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Yes, and you're still a bit young too. Just hang in there. The "good" news for you is, if it does occur, it tends to be milder in the younger; your immune system is intended to be less compromised (I know you've had your challenges there, Rumple, m'girl) and all that. So...you're in my thoughts around "good vibes only" for the MR gang. :-)
Hitch