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Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia: What helps with Pain?

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In 2017, I had shingles on my head. It was so painful. All I could do was put ice packs on it and I think I lost about two days. Don’t really remember that much for those two days. Just felt like my scalp was on fire. At that time I did not have Neuropathy symptoms and they began in 2020. I was just wondering if anybody else could associate shingles with a PN? In addition, I had meningitis about 30 years ago and I’m curious about that as a cause too.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | May 7, 2023

Hi @ssjohns, You will notice that we moved your post to an existing discussion on the same topic so that you can connect with @tikigod18, @gmaw4, @fmmartinez58, @raebaby and others to learn what they have shared. If you click the link below it will take you to the beginning of the discussion so that you can read what other members have shared.

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