Lidocaine and shingles

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Avatar n tn What should I do, I have had shingles for bout 9yrs now and they come every once in a blue moon, for the past month 1/2 I got them 3 times im on my 3rd one right now and it's on my knee and I have this pain that hurts and sometimes uncomfortable to bend knee or even relax, what should I do
1571533 tn?1322943509 Hey. I went to my PCP yesterday and he gave me a LIDODERM, a lidocaine patch, to try and help with the pain in my neck -he thinks if that calms down so will the migraines.. theyve been everyday constantly for well over a month and a half, and no meds help.. nor do therapeutic methods i have here at home.. Has anyone here used it before? And did it help? I tried to use it last night but it wouldnt stick to my neck.
479224 tn?1214051852 I get a herpes out break when I stress real bad well I had an out break when I was on treatment for Hep C and it was a shingles outbreak and it hurt real bad and it was in my face but it dont break out to bad. But recently I had a herpies outbreak on my lower back where I usuall get it when I stress a lot.
1641422 tn?1300798618 The doctor prescribed Prednisone, Valtrex, and Lidocaine they all help but none are stopping the evening pain making it very hard to sleep.
Avatar f tn If I were in this situation, I would definately call the doctor in regards to the BP readings. High readings can be a sign of pain. I've had shingles and took care of my father in law who still has his shingles. They ARE very painful. They can attack the nerves, as they did with my father in law, and I know from his experience that there is pain medication available for these symptoms. This is my two cents. Call the doctor is my vote.
Avatar f tn It will be best that you consult a neurologist and treatment options could be anticonvulsants such as gabapentin, antideprassants and topical lidocaine lotion. Now a day, few recent treatments could be rhizotomy (cutting the affected nerve to relieve pain) and TENS (a electrical pulse therapy). Hope this helps.
Avatar n tn I am a 52 year old female who had shingles in the groin area on my left leg, and on my left thigh about 8 months ago. I had little pain at the time of the outbreak however, I developed pain on the same side as the shingles outbreak, like electric shocks, which shoot from my groin to my knee. My knee will burn with prolonged standing, and after sitting for prolonged periods, I can hardly walk when I get up.
Avatar n tn The incidence is more common in elderly and is seen in about one fifth. The nerve damage caused by shingles disrupts the proper functioning of the nerve. The faulty nerve becomes confused and sends random signals to the brain felt as a throbbing and burning pain along the nerve. If you had herpes infection behind the leg, itself this could be the reason for the sunburn like sensation. You might be having sharp, burning pain, extremely sensitive to touch, and temperature change.
Avatar f tn Hello, Since the rash is painful, it is more likely a shingles rash. Shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus. The first sign is usually a tingling feeling, itchiness, or stabbing pain on the skin. After a few days, a rash appears as a band or patch of raised dots on the side of the trunk or face. The rash develops into small, fluid-filled blisters which begin to dry out and crust over within several days.
Avatar f tn t know if your doctor would approve but there is a patch called a Lidoderm patch that was created by a doctor for his wife who was suffering from shingles. It is not a narcotic, just a lidocaine patch. It works really well for pain in a specific area, they can even be cut and placed on various spots. I have one on my shoulder right now and it is helping with the pain.
Avatar f tn I am a 23 yr old female. I am currently suffering from some sort of allergic reaction. This started about April of 2013 when I started working in a salon. I had just graduated cosmetology school, Thought it may be due to the latex gloves or the products but I never break out any where else but the front of my neck, the right corner of my mouth and my right eye. The first day it is just very red and very itchy. Not painful.
Avatar n tn I have had post herpatic neuralgia nerve ending pain for the past four and one half years in the inside corner of my left eye, the entire left eyebrow area, left forhead and a section of my scalp. This of course occurred after a bout with shingles (my first and only) The pain starts in my left eyelid and continues up into my eyebrow, forehead and scalp in about a 2 1/2 " wide path that goes up to the upper center of my scalp. The pain never stops. My question.
Avatar m tn I have a skin issue that ''sounds" like psoriasis, BUT it doesn't get the ''flakes''/scales I have heard described/seen. The skin is thick..about a 5" x 9" area, and around the main area I have a raised ''border'' of thick skin. It is EXTREMELY painful and tender. I do scratch and even 'gouge' off patched from pencil eraser size to the size of a dime.
Avatar f tn I use the lidocaine patches, they are not narcotic and basically numb the local area. I think they are wonderful, just to relief the general area of pain without having to take a pill. I use it on my lower back where I have nerve damage, changing every 6 to 8 hours.
Avatar f tn My dentist gives me my shot and see another patient, by the time he got back to me I was fully numb. and the numbness last for 8 - 12 hours. I am highly allergic to lidocaine it puts me into anaphylactic shock, I have an epipen but sa that I don't have to use that I just make sure everyone is doing their job and I always wear my medic alert bracelet.
Avatar f tn At 2 months post exposure I thought I was experiencing folliculitis and was overzealous with some razor burn wipes (containing alcohol, salicilic acid and glycolic acid) which I think gave me a chemical burn in my vagina and rectum-that was the only time that a provider looked and saw red raw patches near introitus and rectum and said could be wipes, yeast or herpes. All cultures negative. I was also experiencing some peripheral neuropathy.
Avatar n tn m to young for shingles and PHN. I had dx myself. I have everything for PHN. I have had lower back surgery and right after that maybe a yr later I started with the painful, burning, itching stabbing on my arm. I was given last yr a viral med and it did go away from last June to Feb of this yr. I will be trying to give him a call in NY to see if he will call me in a Rx as I live in FL now. I hope because I did get a milder outbrake but the Dr down here wont give it to me.
Avatar m tn So...I have Hv2 and recently had a case of shingles. During this time, my outbreaks also came out. This is not fun. Any advice on how the 2 are related and why one would have BOTH outbreaks at the same time?
Avatar n tn How were you diagnosed as having shingles? Shingles very rarely reoccurs. I'd be questioning the diagnosis of shingles at this point if I were you.
Avatar f tn I recently had an outbreak and my doctor tested for herpes by swabbing and blood test. The swab was positive and the blood test came negative. I was retested for shingles and herpes my results stated the following. Varicella Zoster V Ab, IGG 3.66 Varcicella-Zoster AB, IGM 1.23 Herpes Simples Virus I/II IGG - 8.6 HSV, IGM I/II Comination 3.27 HSV Type 2 Specific Ab, IGG - 7 The first out break was on my right side on the gential area. I also develoed three blisters on my right foot.
Avatar n tn s thinks now that since shingles affects the nerves and MS, of course, is CNS disease..the MS is just maginfying the pain! Just wondered if anyone else out there has gone thru the same thing?? This is crazy!!!
Avatar m tn s, we no longer have a bunch of kids with chickenpox running around boosting our immunity throughout our later years to those of us that had chickenpox, thus anyone over 20 could be more susceptible to shingles and the shingles vaccine could be more important until chickenpox history is wiped out of our generation. I don't think the medical field always prioritizes pinpointing the cause, but rather the treatment of symptoms.
Avatar n tn Hello, Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the virus that causes chickenpox. Shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus. If you do cunnilingus, then you may not get shingles but if you have not had chicken pox then it can be transmitted. I hope it helps. Take care and regards.
Avatar n tn The emergency room told him he had Shingles and gave him medicine to get rid of it. But...It keeps coming back. The only time it comes back in when my daughter drinks a certain kind of alcohol and the kiss. The next day, the shingles are back in full force and sometimes even worse. Can my daughter drinking this be an allergic reaction to my son-in-law to make the shingles to this??
Avatar m tn Is there a relationship between irregular heart beats and shingles? I had shingles a couple months ago. I am now waking up with my heart skipping beats.
Avatar f tn Today the rash is worse and now there is some on my tummy. I phoned the clinic and the nurse said it sounded like shingles. Has anyone else had a rash with a miscarriage? I guess it could be co-incidence or one has caused the other or something. At least that explains the weird pain which I thought was a very odd pain for a miscarriage. I'm not sure if we will try again as I'm 41 and it seems all very hard to think about going through this all again.