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This happened three years ago. I just felt a slight pain behind my knee and I did not think much of it.I thought some insect had bit me. A couple of days later I spotted reddish blotches all down to the middle of the calf and a little above behind the knee. Then it started hurting me. I was not aware what it was.
I went to an ayurvedic doctor and he diagnosed it as a mild attack of Herpes Zoster which he told me visits seniors who have less immunity. It also manifests from chicken pox virus which remains dormant in one’s body even though it visited several years ago.
I was on treatment and it slowly disappeared but leaving behind numbness in my left foot. I expected it to go away slowly but it has not.
I am afraid the Herpes Zoster has left me after damaging my nerve. Doctors are silent about it but I have not given up.
I am searching for some homoeopathic remedy which could cure me. I am also finding out if there are any physio therapy exercises which could help me further.
Herpes Zoster is a nerve disease and least did I know that it would affect me. I did not know that I had less immunity which I now learn all seniors are victima of.
I shall leave no stone unturned until I am rid of this discomfort. I feel weak in that limb and a bit axious hoping that it is not a permanent damage.
Herpes Zoster is not the same as Herpes. Herpes is reported to be mostly a sexually transmitted disease and is far more painful and could even prove to be fatal if it is not treated on time.
There is no prophylactic measure that can be taken to prevent anyone becoming a victim of Herpes Zoster. Herpes Zoster is also known as Shingles.
For more on Herpes Zoster you can visit the following link:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/herpesviruses/herpes-zoster
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Doctors won't tell you this, but the body can actually clear the herpes virus out of its system eventually by itself, no matter which form of herpes it is. I was diagnosed with it as a teenager and then retested as an adult...it had totally gone away.
I only hope it does as it is affecting me as of now
There is a vaccine now on the market that will prevent shingles or herpes zoster in the adult. Here in Canada you can get it at the pharmacy but the price is steep at 250$. The name of the vaccine is Zostavax and it is highly recommended to every adults who have had chicken pox in their youth. I am sorry to hear that you are still suffering side effects of this nasty virus. My father suffered from it and was even hospitalised at its beginning and treated with Acyclovir intravenously for it. But he never complained of any sequel afterwards.
Thanks.
I too was under treatment and the virus was cured. The numbness that I reported the docotor said it was age related as many around me do have those symptoms though none of them got this virus. I feel this numbness is because of my damaged nerve due to the virus. I am working on it myself and hope to see the end of it.
sorry to hear of your problem, i thought those are blisters, didn't know that it would bring in so many problems.
Maybe you can check with private hospital for more advice, general hospital leave patients less options
Thanks. Am at it and hope to redress myself soon.
When my children were little, the chickenpox vaccine had recently become available and our pediatrician recommended against it for several reasons. At that time, there was only a single dose in infancy. And he said immunity would likely wear off just when the child was most vulnerable to serious complications from the disease.
The other thing he told me is that more people are getting shingles now because fewer adults are exposed to small children who have chickenpox. Because most are now vaccinated, the parents and grandparents aren't exposed in adulthood - when apparently, this could help to ward off a shingles attack. There is a shingles vaccine, which may help those 50 years and older who have had chickenpox themselves. Failing that, it may actually be beneficial to be exposed to a child with the virus (check with your doctor first!)
We had the exposure when our three oldest caught the virus. So I'm hoping we are safe. But I think perhaps when the shingles vaccine is available to us, we will take it. I've seen my mother suffer with shingles and, like you, she was left with painful nerve damage. That's something I think we'd all rather avoid.
I hope you can find a solution to your pain.
@Ruby3881 It is not so much the pain than the weakness in that limb and the numbness. I do not think we have that vaccine you are talking about.
I need to do some physio therapy to loosen the nerve which is holding up at the knee. Some homoeopathy tissue remedies could help as well - am still looking for them. I did find one - kali phos which I have started taking from yesterday.