Shingles Natural Treatment

In the former ten years recent studies and research with alternative treatments for shingles has shown it is possible to recover in less than one turn and to reduce outbreaks of lesions and pain in three days.

Shingles is a serious health condition and it is important to postdate your doctors recommendations. Traditionally, most doctors prescribe painkillers for the fleeting differentiating relief of the pain and an antiviral drug to suppress the virus. This form of treatment with drugs reduces the savagery and frequency of outbreaks but does not eliminate it from the body. This course of treatment can take six weeks or more and does very little for the patient. The pain associated with shingles can loiter stretch after the initial outbreak.

Some doctors prescribe steroids or itch - relieving creams that contains steroids. Recent studies interrogation the bent of steroids in relieving shingles and suggest avoiding any treatment with steroids. Patrol by your doctor is recommended, if steroids have been prescribed. It is best to find alternative treatments with your doctor and to seek out natural remedies.

The virus herpes zoster causes shingles and is the duplicate virus that causes chicken pox. Shingles is an infection of the central neurotic system and may interest the elderly, those with a compromised immune system, anyone under severe stress or those who have been exposed to the chickenpox virus further. Symptoms may interject burning, itching, or pain in one part of the body. A few days following, blisters and a rash clock in. The infection may rush along a nerve path and look like a branch of a tree. Shingles usually break through on the trunk area and the chest but can also be found on the face. Shingles can cause blindness if it affects the eyes. If an outbreak occurs on the face the patient should get immediate medical care.

Natural Remedies For Shingles

A good rudimental point for treating shingles is a diet full of more fruits and vegetables. A good diet and reducing daily alarm will help boost your immune system

A simple remedy for lesions is to advance a coldish or cold water washcloth or towel to the assumed section. A sodden towel can be father into the freezer for a while after wetting it to make it colder.

Eliminate sugar from your diet and add these important nutrients to your daily diet - vitamin E, vitamin B12 and vitamin C.

* Vitamin C is suggested with an ahead diagnosis of shingles. You may start with 1, 000 mg. ( + )

* Vitamin E biased daily before meals may reduce the pain of shingles ( Study published in the Archives of Dermatology ) ( + )

* Vitamin B12 injections may reduce the pain of shingles ( Study published in the Logbook Geriatrics ) ( + )

( + ) It is recommended that you consult with your doctor before embryonic any vitamin program.

* E capsules can be squeezed now onto lesions.

* Avoid heat as well as tight costume and itchy fabrics like wool.

* Calamine lotion may relieve the pain and help dry the lesions.

Shingles is a no-nonsense illness and before opening any treatment program you should consult with your doctor. Shingles is the twin virus as chicken pox. You cannot take shingles from someone else unless you ' ve never had chicken pox. If you have shingles you should use caution being around pregnant women who have not had chicken pox - you could tarnish both the woman and her coming baby.

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