I have shingle for about 10 days now. I have some shingles above my belly button , on the side of my

I agree and maybe this will help someone understand better now but it sure does cause external and internal pain in the upper stomach area not the actual stomach more like the muscles being contracted and sore due tot he nerves being out of balance.

I also have definite bloating and have heard that many other have, on other blogs. It is very uncomfortable. It seems that shingles can affect internal organs.

I have had shingles for over a month now and the rash has faded but there are still sores on my spine, the worse thing is the tingling feeling and the feeling of your skin been stretched in the stomach area where the rash is/was, I am on Lyrica and panadeine forte. I have tried calamine lotion which didn't work, Bedadine lotion didn't work. If anyone has a suggestion please tell me I am going crazy !!!

Good night Angel, and thank you.

I have been to a doctor five days after I have the rash. He told me that I had the shingle. Since it had been more than three days after the on set of the shingle outbreak, he did not prescribed any anti viral medicine and told me just let the disease run it's course.
My shingle blisters are very small. They do not itch much. It seems to me it is a mild case. I started to take L Lysin a couple of days ago. L Lysin helped me to get over canker sores very quickly before. Both shingle and canker sore are caused by herpes virus. I don't know if it is related, but my muscle pain seems to have gone. I have not eaten any breakfast, i don't know if my stomach will be bloated today. I have no fever. I don't feel run down. I don't think I have another infection besides shingle. Thanks for the advice.

hi oldstan,
glad to here u are feeling a little better, when i was a child my mother had shingles, and she said it was very painful, i just don't remember what it looked like other then these red blotches on her arm etc... i have eczema, i get these relly tiny ulcer type pimples they look like and they itch so bad i want to rip my skin off when i have these out breaks, once i start scratching, it's like a blister that pops open with fluid in it, it's disgusting, thank GOD i don't get it that often, but i can only imagine what u feel!!
i wish u nothing less then the best of health and life

My doctor did not give me any medicine.

I am fine now with no complication. Singles can have different symptoms own each individual. I did have upper stomach muscle cramps(that's where my singles sores are located) but did not feel like having diarrhea for a few days.

There are treatments for this very painful condition. It always presents on one half or the other half of the body and does not cross the midline.

Maso, secondary infections are common just like with chicken pox. The only relief, if any, is through a good physician with appropriate meds. It is the number one reason to be vaccinated against chicken pox. Foolish people hold chicken pox parties for children. Later in life it becomes debilitating for some. Not to mention the scaring.

I have recovered from shingles for a couple of months now with no complications except some dark spots on my waist and back. These color spots are fading gradually. What I had was a run of the mill shingles as my doctor told me. Shingles is a latent viral infection from chicken pox infection one got when one was a child. I never have sexually transmitted herpes. I did have canker sores when I was young which is a different kind of herpes virus (herpes simpex type 1) infection.