Overcoming Shingles Symptoms

There is nothing to cure shingles. There are medications to ease the symptoms and shorten the time you have them. If your mom is suffering, get her back to her doctor and demand better symptom control. It is her right to not be in pain.
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Sorry to hear about your mom. I had it years ago. The doc gave me antibiotics, and a hypodermic needle in all my skin sores. It went away after about two weeks. It was nasty, and I feel sorry for anyone who has this.
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I don’t know that there is a cure for shingles. I had them once when I was about 18 (a very traumatic time for me). The outbreak that I had was small, just bigger than a silver dollar. My Mother-in-law stuck about a table spoon of baking soda on the area and then covered it loosely with a gauze pad and tape. Mostly the area felt like a bad bruise, but it would sting terribly when a bubble burst. The baking soda took all of the sting away. This is my only experience. I hope it helps. By the way, my mother just recently told me that she found out that shingles are contagious. I had never heard that but you may want to check into it. Good luck
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Three oral agents are currently being prescribed, including acyclovir (Zovirax), famciclovir (Famvir), and valacyclovir (Valtrex) for genital herpes.

Shingles is a form of the same disease (although it is NOT sexually transmitted). These antiviral medications will work on shingles…. if you can get your doctor to prescribe them.

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I had them once. They are very painful. They just have to run it’s course like any virus.
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OOOOUch!!!
My sister had them….not much can help…sorry to say. Hot tea with out caffeine, hot baths with oatmeal and aveano and don’t be afraid of advil. keep her as relaxed and some yoga deep breathing…it is so internal coming out..not much helps….oh she did do acupunture which relieved her for a bit….about 3 hours.
She did say it was worth the money…and she does it twice a month today.
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There is no cure for shingles. However, the symptoms can be controlled, especially if treated at an early stage before the blisters begin to appear. Most attacks clear up on their own. However, shingles can reoccur
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Shingles in adults is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox in children. (herpes zoster virus). The incubation period is between 14 and 21 days. Symptoms start with a skin rash, often a fever, headache, an aching muscles are part of it. The rash manifests as small, very painful clusters of pimples, then blisters, which form along a sensory nerve on the skin of the chest, neck, face, stomach or limbs. These pink or white blisters contain a cler fluid, which may later become pus. They dry up and disappear in about a week, but the irritation may last for a longer time. Shingles can be treated similarly to chicken pox, except or the use of detoxification and satisfying the increased nutritional need for B vitamins. It is important not to scratch the affected areas, as it could cause scarring or a secondary infection. To help ease the pain at home, use cool compesses or ice packs to dull the pain. Relieve the itching with calamine lotion and put a few tablespoons of oatmeal, cornstarch or baking soda in your bath water. The blisters will dry up in a few days and become covered with scales. After all the blisters have scabbed, the disease is no longer contagious.
You cannot catch shingles from someone. However if you have never had chicken pox, there is a small chance that you will get chicken pox when you come in contct with fluid from broken blisters of someone with shingles. Newborns are particularly at risk.
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From what I have heard, there is no cure and the amount of time it is active differs in each person.
I hope your doctor finds the right cure for her.
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