About Shingles : http://www.medicinenet.com/shingles/article.htm#1whatis -----Original Message----- From: tnfentre-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnfentre-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John German Sent: Montag, 3. Januar 2011 02:23 To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Shingles. Yes you can them more than once - I've had them 3 times. There is now a drug called Valtrex that is used to prevent / treat them MPiros1120@aol.com wrote: >Well you take care of those shingles....I think I told you I had them >and they were very painful. Mine were open sores and didn't itch. They hurt. >The doctor gave me some sort of nerve pills as shingles attack nerve endings. >I had to take so many and then wean myself off. This went on for 2 months. >Shingles will only attack one side of the body and anywhere. Mine >started as a little pimple between my breasts..went under- down the >side and around to the back. I couldn't wear anything that touched the shingles. > >My son had them on his lips and in his mouth and throat. He was in the >hospital over two weeks. He couldn't eat so they had to feed him intravenous. >He was a mess. > >Now there is a vaccine that will prevent them..Don't know if you can >get them more than once? Maybe that will be on my list to ask Doc next >time I see him > >Milly WARD Piros > >My Mind is like Lightning.....One Brilliant flash and >pooooooooofffffffff It's gone > > > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message