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Sty in my left eye, bumps on face by eye and a sore throat!
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Hi Mosaics,
Thanks for the very valuable information! By the way, I was mistaken. The medication was an anti-viral medication not an antibiotic. It seems to be working fine. I'm feeling better and have no pain.
That's interesting about Chicken Pox. I did have that as a child. You mentioned that as long as I had the rash, it was contagious but the doctor said that it wasn't contagious. Maybe because my "rash" consists only of 3 blemishes on my forehead and one by my eye. I put Mupirocin on them every night and they are improving. My eye is pretty much back to normal.
I did read where Shingles can be triggered by stress. I have had a year of severe stress with my husband dying last July, Pension and Social Security didn't show up on time. I had to live literally on savings until they came in. Then I had to get a new refrigerator, fix the car, get a new garden hose system, fix the leak in the roof, and just this May I had to replace my entire heating and air conditioning system!
I'm glad to know that this does go away. Thank you again, for all of your information! I appreciate it!
PML
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pml, I’m sorry for your loss. That does sound like a very stressful year! But you made it thru and your shingles are mild, so that’s great.
I, too, had had a very stressful period. Thank goodness the shingles was a delayed reaction and didn’t happen right in the middle of the stress!
What your doctor said about contagion was partially correct. Shingles are not contagious. But from all that I’ve read, the virus IS contagious to people who have not had chickenpox. E.g. if you have a grandchild, who has not yet had chicken pox, come visit you, that child could catch the virus from you and get chicken pox, just as if he/she could if they came into contact with someone who has chicken pox.
And since, for example, my husband has already had chicken pox, he was in no danger of catching anything from me, even if he happened to touch a lesion. But that also means the virus is in his body, so it could manifest as shingles at any time.
It’s been recommended to me to get the shingles vaccine, but I haven’t done it. Apparently, it is not guaranteed to prevent the shingles and it can cause worse problems. If you search for “shingles” on this site, you can read about people’s experience with that. Of course, a lot of people do get the vaccine and they are perfectly fine. I just prefer not to risk it.