[And for everyone else, Anyway, still curous to know if anyone else has these non standard recurrences of zoster or simplex that's gotten up into their cranial nerves and/or gives them symptoms like i described of eleectiricty spreading in chest and/or head and alterations to heart rate and blood pressure and/or dizziness. Also interested if anyone has known herpes simplex 1 on their chest or forehead (I know this is herpes gladatorium or however its spelled but that seems like more of a nuisance and no one reports heart trouble from it).[/QUOTE]
Yes, I've been getting chronic shingles for about a year and a half. My first case of shingles I had a rash on my leg that was the diagnosing factor for my doctor, but for about 9 days before the rash appeared I had severe pain starting in my lower right abdomen and going through to my back/butt and then down my right leg. It was internal pain, not pain from where the rash was. But the leg rash did sting/burn and also itch. I also had a set of symptoms: slight nausea, sore throat, migraines would vanish, cognitive problems. After that initial first case, the subsequent cases of shingles were mild, but I'd still get a mild rash which sometimes just looked like bug bites, but I'd also get that whole set of symptoms each time. Occasionally I do still get severe pain and then a about a week later a mild rash shows up in the area where the pain was. The pain isn't helped by motrin or tylenol and percocet didn't even help. But after 24 hours of taking Valtrex, the pain was reduced by 90%. It's bizarre and only a couple of doctors that I've talked to about it believe it's shingles. Most docs don't believe it, and it's hard to get antivirals when the doc doesn't believe I need them.
I also have been getting migraines that start at the base of my skull. It feels like there is inflammation there, and there are crunching sounds when I turn my head. I'm starting to think that my migraines are connected to the zoster virus because they started around the same time that I got the chickenpox when I was 19. And when I get the flare-ups of the shingles, my chronic migraines stop completely.
I am also wondering if this chronic viral issue is being worsened by my taking lisinopril or due to my having a hysterectomy (being without a good hormone balance and severely lacking hormones). The chronic shingles and changes in my migraines coincided with the hysterectomy and taking lisinopril for high blood pressure.
Yes, I've been getting chronic shingles for about a year and a half. My first case of shingles I had a rash on my leg that was the diagnosing factor for my doctor, but for about 9 days before the rash appeared I had severe pain starting in my lower right abdomen and going through to my back/butt and then down my right leg. It was internal pain, not pain from where the rash was. But the leg rash did sting/burn and also itch. I also had a set of symptoms: slight nausea, sore throat, migraines would vanish, cognitive problems. After that initial first case, the subsequent cases of shingles were mild, but I'd still get a mild rash which sometimes just looked like bug bites, but I'd also get that whole set of symptoms each time. Occasionally I do still get severe pain and then a about a week later a mild rash shows up in the area where the pain was. The pain isn't helped by motrin or tylenol and percocet didn't even help. But after 24 hours of taking Valtrex, the pain was reduced by 90%. It's bizarre and only a couple of doctors that I've talked to about it believe it's shingles. Most docs don't believe it, and it's hard to get antivirals when the doc doesn't believe I need them.
I also have been getting migraines that start at the base of my skull. It feels like there is inflammation there, and there are crunching sounds when I turn my head. I'm starting to think that my migraines are connected to the zoster virus because they started around the same time that I got the chickenpox when I was 19. And when I get the flare-ups of the shingles, my chronic migraines stop completely.
I am also wondering if this chronic viral issue is being worsened by my taking lisinopril or due to my having a hysterectomy (being without a good hormone balance and severely lacking hormones). The chronic shingles and changes in my migraines coincided with the hysterectomy and taking lisinopril for high blood pressure.