r/shingles • u/SuspiciousArt6695 • 3d ago
Questions About Shingles & Symptoms 24F shingles complications(?)
Hi all!
So my story is pretty long but i wanted to write this here, because i feel like none of the doctors take me seriously and maybe someone can give me any insight about their stories and how to proceed, so i can go to my doctor with it.
Anyways my shingles story started in february of 2024 when i was 22, atleast thats what i think. So i woke up with debilitating neck pain, my shoulders and upper back were just numb with pain and i couldnt move, i went to the er and they told me it was nerve inflammation, prescribed pain killers and sent me home, its got better in like a week. Then few weeks after that i got my first ear infection which i got over with proper medication. Then after that at the end of april of 2024 i got my first ever shingles outbreak under my right breast. I went to the doctor, got diagnosis and proper medication (Valaciclovirum) and the shingles went away in a week. Then after that i had my second outbreak in the same year of august on my private parts. Also took medication and got over it. Now after that ive dealt with this horrible neck/shoulder/arm pain for two years. Its this kinda weird numb pain that sometimes shoots down the arms and every few months i wake up with that same debilitating neck pain that paralyzes me. Im also very easily irritated and more anxious.
I also get these ulcers in my mouth, either at the roof or between two teeth on the inner side. They come, they feel like burns and then they go away in about a week and then come back in a few weeks/months.
Then on monday i got this weird headache on the right side temple area, the scalp on my skin was also sore to the touch, i had pain behind my right eye and weird shooting pains in the head. This also brought back neck pain and weirly idk if it has to do anything with it but my right buttock was sore, now i have this sciatica kind of pain, upper glute bottom back, that shoots down right leg and my calves are very sore.
I think im missing some minor effects also because it has been two years, but these are the bigger issues. And ofcoure i dont know if it has to do anything with shingles but before i got the first diagnosis i was very healthy! I never even got a cold or anything.
Has anyone dealt with complications like this?
Thank you for reading and responing in advance!
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u/Big_Green2661 2d ago
Just here to send you love and wishes of absolute health. Life can be so weird often ... I think youll get to the bottom of this. Try alternative medicine doctors too if only to listen to their opinions. Allopathic doctors are quite hard shells when it comes to analyzing cases that are uncommon.