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Diagnosed with severeShingles on 6-5-14. The outbreak was or is on my right lower buttocks, involving the inner thigh and leg. After treatment with Famciclovir 5000mg tid for 7 days, I seemed to get ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Anshul Varshney
( Internal Medicine Specialist)
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
Answered by :Dr. Klerida Shehu
( Gastroenterologist)
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
Answered by :Dr. Rudina Balliu
( General & Family Physician)
I was at my doctors office and he recommend that I take the shot for Shingles and the pneumococcal I am 64 years old and no one in my family has ever had shingles. I am concerned that if I take the ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
( General & Family Physician)
Thank you.My fiance.has a serious case of shingles and is in his 6th week of pain and suffering.He has been to his primary physiciian, er, rthopedic surgeon, dermatologist (who diagnosed Bill.)He s ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Kathy Robinson
( General & Family Physician)
I, m concerned about shingles . my friend Jim has suffered for a year or so with a severeShingles outbreak. He s been prescribed a cream called clobetasol propionate ointment and the shingles... View answer
Answered by :Dr. S. Samanta
( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
my husband broke out rally bad, we thought it was shingles, but then we found out we had herpes, and that might have been a bad case of it. The break out was from his thigh, up to his buttocks, and ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shinas Hussain
( General & Family Physician)
I am 59 years old in Feb 2016 I got shingles. Since then there s not a single minute Im without pain. My complete right side is numb. I had my thyroid removed in 2015 when I was misdiagnosed of ... View answer
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