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Throbbing nerve pain after shingles

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Throbbing nerve pain after shingles
Doctor's Assistant: Have you seen a doctor about this yet? What medications are you taking?
I just got over with shingle. Took antiviral during shingles rash. Now I am on vitamin C and Voltafast. It is not helping.
Doctor's Assistant: Anything else in your medical history you think the doctor should know?
Type one diabetes and hypertension.

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Regarding your question,

Treatment of shingles pain

It is common complaint and known as herpetic neuralgia and treatment is by the following options
  • Lidocaine skin patches which is contain topical analgesics to relieve pain in affected area.
  • Capsaicin skin patches You can take pregabalin drugs once daily or twice to relieve pain also.
  • Other drugs like antidepressants like cybalta drugs once daily to relieve pain
  • Steroid injections also can be used

Symptoms of herpetic neuralgia

It causes the following
  • Severe pain in affected skin area
  • The pain take nerve pathway.
  • Throbbing pain
  • Redness of skin
  • numbness and tingling of skin
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I can not take cortisone because I have type I diabetes .

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Dr. Hussam Salem

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الأسئلة المجابة 13806 | نسبة الرضا 98.7%

Then you can take the other options

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