How long for facial numbness(gum, cheek, nose, and around eye) to stop after treatment for facial shingles? ... View answer

and recently been diagnosis with shingles . Can you have itching/rash this long with shingles? ... View answer

Hi Dr., entire body covered in bumps like chickenpox but tests show its not chickenpox or shingles . The craters in the skin are now 1/4 to 1/2 in deep. Soars in the rectum and throat and (high white ... View answer

month of missed school), facial shingles as an adult (hospital 3 days), double pneumonia (hospital 10 ... View answer

i AM HAVING PAIN FROM AN OUTBREAK OF SHINGLES , STARTED ANTIVIRAL MEDS 7/3 10 PILLS PER DAY ITS 4 ..., taking 2 per day, 5 times daily dosage of acyclovir = 800 MG 5times per day since diagnosis 7/3, new rash... View answer

I am recovering from facial shingles. scabs are gone but red areas remain.They periodically hurt and itch. I took a regiment of antiviral pills followed by 6 days of methyprednisone. The last dose of ... View answer

I have had facial shingles on the left side of my face since I was a teen ager. In earlier years, the typical blisters and swelling showed up on my cheek, eyelid, and even on the inside of my bottom ... View answer

I just got diagnosed with shingles today. My pain is not too severe yet and I only have few ... the early stages lessen the severity of the shingles? ... View answer

swelling. The pain has gotten continually worse over the years. To make matters worse, I had facial shingles 6 weeks ago and the pain now is close to unbearable, but still no redness or swelling. My upper ... View answer

I am a 68 year old woman with MS and a history of facial shingles. I had been taking Acyclovir and Valcyclovir for over 10 years when my doctor told me to quit. Over the next 9 months I experienced several ... View answer