| Shingles is commonly seen in elderly people, but on | | | | sensation |
| occasion it is detected among young people too. It | | | | Avoid being in humid areas. Always keep yourself |
| comes from the same virus varicella-zoster, which | | | | cool. |
| gave us chicken-pox. If proper care is not taken you | | | | When blisters get infected, dab them with hydrogen |
| may loose your eyesight or even suffer from facial | | | | peroxide. |
| paralysis. Shingles are also known as herpes zoster | | | | Keep the blisters open and dry. Do not burst the |
| which spreads through your skin in the form of a | | | | blisters by scratching. |
| rash or blister similar to chicken-pox. It is associated | | | | To provide relief, make a solution by mixing 1/2 cup |
| with grueling pain, itchiness, burning sensation and | | | | of apple cider vinegar in 2 cups of water. Use a |
| sometimes even numbness. | | | | cotton cloth to moisten the affected areas by using |
| Before the rash appears you develop pain and | | | | the upward movement. |
| tenderness on a particular area of your body. It may | | | | To prevent itching and to reduce pain you can dust |
| sometime take more than a week before the rash | | | | colloidal powder. |
| appears. You develop red spots before it erupts into | | | | You can make a solution by mixing aloe vera gel, raw |
| blisters. Shingles develops on one side of your body | | | | honey and leek juice to be applied on the rash. |
| (left or right) due to a particular nerve which causes | | | | You can also sponge the blisters or rashes by use of |
| this development. It also affects other parts of your | | | | vitamin E oil, apple cider vinegar, cool goldenseal, |
| body like heads and limbs. When it affects your | | | | mugwort or peppermint tea. |
| cheek it would surely affect your eyes, be extra | | | | Baking soda and water solution can also be applied as |
| careful during such times and consult your doctor | | | | a cold compress. |
| immediately. | | | | Apply a mixture of yogurt and zinc oxide along the |
| Once the blisters burst open they get healed within a | | | | particular path of the nerve. If it is applied before the |
| week. Light scars are left which will disappear soon. | | | | outbreak it would help to curb the outburst of |
| Shingles may not be a deadly disease but it may | | | | blisters. |
| prove to be dangerous for people suffering from | | | | Avoid food which contain amino acid such as |
| HIV infection or getting cancer treatments, as the | | | | chocolate, cereal grains, nuts and seeds |
| immune system is very weak. People who are | | | | Eating pear of having its juice in ample amounts is |
| getting organ transplants are also under threat as | | | | good, as it has a great supply of antiviral caffeic acid. |
| doctors suppress the immune system with drugs. | | | | Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all |
| Home Remedies For Shingles | | | | precautionary measures while following instructions on |
| Powder two aspirin tablets and mix it in 2 tbsp of | | | | the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any |
| chloroform or alcohol. Apply this paste on the | | | | of these products if you are allergic to it. The |
| affected area. This will provide good relief. | | | | responsibility lies with the reader and not with the |
| You can apply wet dressing to soothe the burning | | | | site or the writer. |