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Shingles arises from stress, either from lack of proper, restful sleep or depression and trauma in one's life. These traumatic occurences can bring the body's immune defenses down and if one was exposed to 'Chicken Pox' as a child, it comes back due to the above occurrences as 'Shingles.' It is also called Herpes Zoster, and it can occur over again if the above conditions which bring the immune defenses down are not corrected. The virus has remained dormant in the nerves being rekindled again, and usually starts out as a very bad back ache about a week prior to a bright red rash formation, which usually occurs on the backside, buttocks and could spread along the nerve endings all the way down to the legs. It sometimes can occur near the eye and could be serious if the lesions form there. Medical attention is required as soon as possible and drugs such as Acyclovir are given to shorten the duration of the occurence, which if untreated with these drugs, could last for a few weeks. I'm sorry to say, that it is quite painful and you will have severe pain during, and lingering pain some time after the lesions disappear. I had them 3 times in my lifetime, so I know what you may be experiencing, but now my life is less stressful and it has been years since they have occured. Try to eliminate the stress in your life, get proper sleep and take Lysine supplements. This helps to prevent an occurence. Stay away from foods that are rich in Arginine such as nuts and chocolate, because Arginine 'feeds' the Herpes Zoster virus. There is plenty of info about Herpes Zoster online. Just use your favorite search engine. Good luck to you. Take Care Aspirin or Tylenol may help relieve some of the pain but your doctor may prescribe a more potent pain killer until the Shingles subside. Incidentally, there is now a Shingles vaccine just recently approved by the FDA, but I believe it only will work for people who had chicken pox and have NOT had Shingles yet, and want to PREVENT it from occurring. Talk to your doctor about it. Again, good luck!

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