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Herpes Zoster Ophalmicus

Herpes Zoster Ophalmicus

When i was 4 years old i was diagnosed with neisseria meningitidis, 4 days later while in the hospital was diagnosed with  herpes zoster, since then I have had over 8 confermed and recorded cases of breakouts threwout my  39 years along with other physical and mental difficulties contributing from the meningitidis, my question is, is there a way that herpes simplex can also contribute to this condition i had when i was 4. There was no outbreaks, my husband is clean. I have been tested before and came up negitive  to to cancer cells in the cervic area. Im very concerned what is in store for me  and what my life is going to become from the meningitidis and need some professonal opinion.
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you've had shingles 8 times?
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yes! they started when I was 4,  there were two cases in the hosptial in one year before I was well enoguth to go home. I had been in and out of the hospital for a while that year after the meningitiditis, and first case of shingles, they has givent me 2 vacanations for the small poxs ;(
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are you getting these lesion cultured to confirm shingles?
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I get them on my eye, eyelid, down my check bone area. I still suffer serve pain in the area, and developed migranes (migraines) do to it, now I take meds to try to control my migranes (migraines) just to function.
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yes , they have to send me to the eye doctor as well, and i have to take eye exames, due to the fact there afraid im going to eventuly lose my left eye. So far I only have problems when i drive at night.
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I only get these when my body is stressed out, tho i have not been under any stress , that im aware of, but my body is very funny , I have been developing staff  in different areas of my body and developed a soar in my private area. being concerned i went in to see the doctor, she told me this was herpes, but did not tell me which one, i need to know , if i could have the shingles again but in that area, and if not could my system just be flipping out again and could I have gotten the simplex
my husband is clean, and i have never had an outbreak and know of any problems .
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i was vaccinated for the meninigitidis 2 times, my body has been under a lot, many meds from a very young age, I did some research and do undersand that  both zoster and  simplex is 2 different,

understanding that , what confussed me and concerned me was when I read it shows that the shingles causes the meningitidis not the other way around. Then when thewout the years of getting the shingles on my eye the doctor just had come in culture  and put me on same meds send me home. Told me to stay away from people that didnt have chicken pox. understnanding it was contagious. Then migranes (migraines) started. Then i had a neurologist check me and found a micro agnoma in my pituatary glad, I'm up to my ears in meds, and doctors, but no one to tell me exactly what to look for as these simptoms come on , now i have staff on 2 parts of me. Just have to see if this meningitidis has caused this outbreak of events and how to go about help preventing some of this.
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the meningitis you had was unrelated to herpes zoster. you had a bacterial meningitis.  

staph is also a bacterial infection and unrelated.

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and now the simplex?
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you haven't mentioned in your posts anything about being diagnosed with herpes simplex. do you have hsv1 or hsv2?  what testing have you had done?
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i have had zoster testing done over 8 times, now there telling me i now have  simplex outbreaks.
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ok so what testing have you had done where this time?  
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