omg you poor poor thing hun listen I had shingels like 12 yrs ago in my 40's and they were like u said on oneside of the body as that is how they grow along ur nueropathic stystem so their either on the left or right side and a few might move over like ur crotch as igot them in my nose and mouth,, following shingles sme pl get what theyget is a disorder know as post herpatic neuralgia(shilgles) the pain from the shingles short circuted you nerves and they will always become inflamed and act up please ether go to a pain clinic or call some other med facilities in your area have your records sent there to prove you had them and alllll pain dr;s KNOWWWW about this illness and put u on something so u an have a much better quaulity of life! So get going google pain clinics in ur area make an app make sure they take ur insurance and then as it may b a wait sine and send ur records there trust me ur gonna have a new life goood luk from someone who did what im telling u! shelly
Excerpts from the article Shingles: The Herpes Virus Strikes Again...
"Vitamin B12
Dr. Melvyne Werbach, in his book Nutritional Influences on Illness, reports that in a research study 21 patients suffering with herpes zoster showed a dramatic improvement in symptoms. By the second or third day of treatment, using 1 mg injection of B12 per day, their pain was relieved and blisters rapidly disappeared. In a paper published in the journal Geriatrics researchers recommended using 1mg of vitamin B12 injected daily for six days and weekly for six weeks to treat the pain associated with herpes zoster. Pain reduction occurred in two days, even in post-pain syndrome that had continued for months to years. Vitamin B12 taken in sublingual form has been found to shorten the duration of herpes outbreaks and reduce pain.
Vitamin E
In another experimental study published in the Archives of Dermatology, 13 patients with chronic pain caused by shingles received 1200-1600 IU of vitamin E daily before meals. Nine of the 13 experienced complete or almost complete control of pain. Two were moderately improved and two were slightly improved. Two of the patients who gained complete pain remission had been suffering with post-pain syndrome from shingles for 13 to 19 years respectively. This is amazing. If you have been putting up with post-pain from the herpes zoster virus, adopt the protocol immediately and suggest to your doctor that he/she become familiar with this landmark study."
"Vitamin C
Vitamin C is so effective at halting herpes viruses that on initial diagnosis of shingles or outbreak of cold sores patients should immediately start taking it. Most of the published research behind vitamin C and herpes involves intravenous treatment and dates back as early as 1950. In one early study 327 patients suffering with herpes zoster were all cured following three days of intravenous vitamin C, seven reported complete cessation of pain within two hours of the first treatment and they also showed drying of the blisters within one day and complete clearing within three days of treatment. Intravenous vitamin c is much more effective than oral vitamin C to treat an acute or new outbreak of shingles but if you don't have a doctor willing to perform the treatment, take vitamin c in gram doses until relief is obtained. Vitamin c is a potent virus fighter and only 18 percent of North Americans actually get adequate vitamin c in their daily diet. We are deficient in this important vitamin."