Does Post Herapetic Neuralgia from Shingles cause lower back pain ??!
Question: I had shingles 14 years ago while pregnant.
I am a 37 year old female.
For over seven years now when someone touches my lower back in any way i scream in pain. I have been to several doctors, 2 were back specialists, 3 choiropractors, 1 theropist, acupunture. Not one doctor understands why i am like this.
No medicine helps.
The only thing that shows up in my blood is Epstein Barr Syndrome. They all say its no big deal, almost everyone has it.
I do have epelepsy (grandmal and pitimal) and have been taking depekene for over 25 years. Taking depo provera for about 15 years. Had 2 epedorals from c-sections and while pregnant 15 years ago had shingles. Could any of these be a factor?
My xrays and MRI's show mild arthritis in the lumbosacral articulation at the L5-S1 level. The pain level is much more than mild.
I was told that Shingles could still carry a virus that will never go away, is this true and what helps the pain ???
Answers: I had shingles 14 years ago while pregnant.
I am a 37 year old female.
For over seven years now when someone touches my lower back in any way i scream in pain. I have been to several doctors, 2 were back specialists, 3 choiropractors, 1 theropist, acupunture. Not one doctor understands why i am like this.
No medicine helps.
The only thing that shows up in my blood is Epstein Barr Syndrome. They all say its no big deal, almost everyone has it.
I do have epelepsy (grandmal and pitimal) and have been taking depekene for over 25 years. Taking depo provera for about 15 years. Had 2 epedorals from c-sections and while pregnant 15 years ago had shingles. Could any of these be a factor?
My xrays and MRI's show mild arthritis in the lumbosacral articulation at the L5-S1 level. The pain level is much more than mild.
I was told that Shingles could still carry a virus that will never go away, is this true and what helps the pain ???
Anyone who ever had Chicken pox or a cold sore (or herpes) carries the virus and from that can come shingles. I luckily got over my shingles but I know a lady who is 88 and in pain everyday on her left side from shingles she had when she was younger. She won't take medicine, but my doctor gave me Valtrex (what they use for genital herpes) and the pain stopped. I don't know with epilepsy you can take it, but you could ask your doctor about it. I hope it goes away, it is horrible pain.