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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / January 2006OT? Ping pilots - shingles
My SIL has shingles. My Dad and I were talking about it last night, and he said he had them as a young man in the RAF; the common cure for them amongst the pilots was to take an unpressured plane up for a while. Do any of you flyers recognise this? Have any idea if it's more than an old wives' tale, and if not what the mechanism is? In my head, shingles and neuropathy are linked under a "nerve damage" banner - might there be a market for depressurising diabetics? : ) Nicky.  SignatureA1c 10.5/5.4/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/73/72Kg Can't respond to the "depressurizing" of the nerves. However, shingles is the resurgence of the virus that causes chicken pox. After we have chicken pox, we've got gobs of antibodies to keep the virus squashed down, but as we age, those antibodies lessen and voila, shingles. Sometimes it's not just a matter of age, but anything that causes immunosuppression, including stress. I believe it's really an inflammation of the nerves, although this no doubt causes some nerve damage. My aunt was given an antidepressant for pain management (despite the fact that she wasn't depressed). Sounds odd, but it worked for her. I believe the antidepressant was in the class of serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Michelle > Can't respond to the "depressurizing" of the nerves. However, shingles > is the resurgence of the virus that causes chicken pox. After we have [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Michelle Apparently a lot of the pain of shingles recurrences can be cut down IF you manage to notice the blisters BEFORE they start to weep the very first time you get them, and get medical attention. IF anti-virals are given at this point, this is a very high chance of avoiding damaging the nerves which causes the terrible pain associated with shingles. http://shingles.mgh.harvard.edu/shinglesdrugtherapy.htm http://www.skincareguide.ca/articles/herpes/herpes_art_1.html Dennis (Type 2) Shingles just doesn;t get the respect it deserves a s a medical malady. I don't really follow tennis, but a friend told me she was wathcing a tennis tournament and the young guy who beat Andre Agassi reminded he of me. Why? In an interview he said that he had had shingles, and had had a broken neck, and the shingles was far worse. Granted there could be all kinds of degrees of broken necks, but it gives a pretty good idea of just how painful and maddeining shingles can be. Been there, done that, still scratching 2 years later--actually 2 years later, today. Morris > Granted there could be all kinds of degrees of broken necks, but it > gives a pretty good idea of just how painful and maddeining shingles > can be. Been there, done that, still scratching 2 years later--actually > 2 years later, today. Sympathy : ( Nicky. SignatureA1c 10.5/5.4/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/73/72Kg > I believe the antidepressant was in the class of > serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Thanks, Michelle - that's a cue for further reading if ever I saw one : ) Nicky. SignatureA1c 10.5/5.4/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/73/72Kg |
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