Welcome To CureShingles.info
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This site has been assembled to provide you with information and resources related to shingles (herpes zoster virus) and post-herpetic neuralgia. Although both conventional and alternative/natural treatment options are presented, we tend to favor the natural options. The idea to begin this site started after many days and hours of researching natural remedies for shingles and PHN. In an effort to save other people time and energy, I have added as much information associated with this virus as time has allowed. I will continue to add and update information as life permits.
Dedication for this site goes to a very dear friend of mine who experienced a severe shingles outbreak after undergoing immuno-supressive drug therapy for lupus nephritis. The ER doctors and her primary physician all agreed it was the worst case of shingles they'd seen. Using natural methods described on this site, we managed to heal the terrible rash and rapidly dispel the virus, although, she was unable to avoid the severe nerve damage associated with this virus. The level of pain she experienced required her to use narcotic pain medication. And again, by using natural methods on this page we have drastically reduced her pain level and eliminated the narcotics. We estimate that we have reduced her PHN pain by several years without any harsh, mostly ineffective drugs. Healing always takes time and everything will heal if it is meant to.
I am sure you will find something here that works for you and your loved-ones who may be experiencing shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia. If you have a remedy you would like to share, please email us and I will be sure to post it!
PLEASE NOTE: I am NOT a doctor, professional or specialist! This site is here to aid you in discovering natural and alternative treatment options. Any information you find on this website is not to be assumed as totally safe or accurate. The FDA of the united states may never get around to testing or approving natural remedies because they're so busy approving synthetic drugs. To get the most out of this site and any other, use your best judgment, be discerning and investigate the information further.
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News, Updates & Information:
Mon Nov 02 09 - Online one week. For those interested, I have included a general account of Emily's shingles/PHN story. I originally wrote this as an email to a group forum in response to an inquiry:
"Emily's situation is somewhat complex. She developed shingles because of being on immune-suppressing drugs from her kidney doctor. I noticed the rash on her back an entire week before she finally went to the ER. She was being stubborn because she had been in and out of the hospital already twice in the two weeks before the rash. By the time we figured out that it was shingles she already had bad PHN. All 3 doctors who saw the blisters said it was the worst they'd seen. It was on her back just under the shoulder blade, going under her arm and covering her breast. She was given the usual anti-virals (Valtrex) and Prednisone along with Tramadol for pain. She does not take prednisone because she had bad reactions to it using it for lupus. We got the valtrex but she only took 2 of them. By then I started researching natural treatments because her conditions were always getting worse the more she followed the conventional treatment path. I learned that certain enzymes were shown more effective than the usual anti-virals. I went to a local Sprouts market and got "Wobenym-N" at the suggestion of a knowledgeable worker. She started taking them immediately and within 3-4 days the virus was gone. Of course she was left with bad sores and really bad PHN. It's hard to explain how severe her PHN pain was because she was also (and still is) suffering from severe sciatic nerve compression pain (her spinal arthritis caused herniation, bulging and a tear in a spinal ligament which causes overcompensating muscles to pinch the sciatic nerve). She was able to manage that pain with darvocet for some time (she can’t take NSAIDS because of her kidneys). Neither the darvocet nor the tramadol had any effect on masking her PHN pain. She was then given percocet for the pain which actually worked. The PHN pain was actually more severe than her sciatic pain (and the sciatic pain is excruciating for her) if that is any indication as to how bad PHN pain can get. So she was taking percocet and it was working marvelously for blocking the pain signals to her brain, but it was making her sick. She stopped eating and starting vomiting like she usually does when she is on any kind of western-style medication and she was basically asleep all day every day. So I started digging deep for PHN treatments and came up mostly empty-handed. Here is what I did for her PHN:
First I tried mixing red pepper with aloe which is highly regarded natural pain-blocker. It was too difficult to apply because her sores were too large and covered too much area. I found some information on St John’s Wort and Lavender being used for nerve-damage and nervous system treatment. I bought some small bulk herbs and started making tea with the herbs and putting the cooled tea directly on her pain areas. We did this for around 3-4 days before she just couldn’t stand this method (she doesn’t like lavender, she doesn’t really like many teas and was not comfortable with a soggy compress on her). We started easing-up on her percocets after this so perhaps it helped but it’s hard to really say for sure. I still give her St.John’s Wort tea in concentrated amounts with some herbs she takes for her kidneys. The Amoils site you mentioned seeing on my site was the only place that had something claiming to actually restore the nerve damage of PHN. We got the oil because of the 60-day money back deal figuring it was worth a shot and it was. I applied it directly to her pain areas and just rubbed it in. After a few days of this she was noticeably better, after a week she was down to half-pills of percocet, and after about 12 days she was only taking half a percocet at night (when her pain is always the worst). The less percocet she took the greater her appetite was and now she is eating again."
Mon Oct 26 09 - First day online. I wanted this site up and available for anyone who might need it. There are many sections needing improvement and more information. For now I hope this will get you started. I will update and expand this information as often as I can. I'm also working on a few other similar sites for lupus, autoimmune disorders and chronic kidney failure. My friend, Emily, has been afflicted with these ailments and others for an uncomfortably long time. After years of suffering it was finally time to try something besides the conventional western treatments which were not helping her but instead continuously worsening her conditions. I hope that by helping other people with similar ailments and chronic pain we can raise the energy and money to help Emily completely recover too. If you are interested in helping, if you have information you want to share, or if you want to learn more about Emily and the other websites, please follow my link!