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Sat Feb-14-09 08:30 PM
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Have you ever wondered why you have shingles? |
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Sat Feb-14-09 08:39 PM
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it will be due to that varicella zoster infection I had as a child.
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:30 PM
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2. I just assumed I had shingles ... |
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so the roof would shed water.
I suppose I could substitute a thatch roof, but then someone would ask if I wondered why I have thatch.
:hi:
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:40 PM
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3. Because I can't afford a new metal roof. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:45 PM
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4. I don't even know what shingles are. |
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So I am pretty sure I don't have them.
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:50 PM
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5. Have you ever had Chicken Pox? |
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If so, then you have the Varicella zoster virus, and may potentially, at some point, develop Shingles when your immune system weakens enough to let it thrive again.
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:34 AM
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7. I had shingles 20 years ago when I first contracted hiv |
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22 years old and I had shingles. and it BURNS!!! I was on tylox for two weeks while I waited for it to heal. I had the markings on my torso for about a year afterwords. Shingles is not fun. Esp.when you try to lie down to go to sleep.
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:38 AM
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9. Roon, you must be really strong to keep going |
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:hug:s for you and admiration of your strength to keep going.
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:49 AM
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I have been one of the lucky ones.I have had the shingles once, bell's palsy three times, and several bouts of pneumonia. Other than that, I am still pretty healthy. I have been taking meds since day one and I think that is very important. So many people would rather get sick and risk dying just because they don't want to take a fistfull of meds every morning. (my ex,my roommate)
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Sat Feb-14-09 11:33 PM
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6. That's REALLY weird---I just had shingles ( only time in my life) last week |
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Edited on Sun Feb-15-09 12:07 AM by abq e streeter
and damn right I wonder why I got 'em.... The nurse practitioner I saw thinks some kid I teach probably had the chickenpox virus...Lucky i caught it early and it was only bad for a few days. Or , as the above poster said, maybe it was dormant in me all these years after childhood chickenpox; I did run myself down pretty badly lately; overdoing it in the gym, forgetting to eat , sleeping odd hours... kinda freaky that someone would post about it right after having it...( cue twilight zone music now)
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:36 AM
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8. It is dormant inside you |
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if you had EVER had chicken pox. You CAN NOT CATCH Shingles, it is a reactivation of the Zoster virus due to a weakening of the immune system for various reasons, as Roon pointed out, HIV is one, Stress is another.
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Sun Feb-15-09 12:57 PM
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11. Considering that this is a silly copycat featuring lizards, I'd hoped sallymander might find it. |
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