Re: Re: OT - article: Shingles runs in families, study says

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Perhaps we can find a way to archive possible solutions to shingles (just in case anyone here comes down with a case, which is unlikely for the most part), and at the same time, poke fun at the factions who are out to promote the shingles vaccine, which probably is not catching on, because hardly any one "catches" it. I think Dr, Tyring is WRONG, there is no way that 20% of people will eventually get shingles. I wonder what ties this doctor has to Merck and Zostavax. Aasas_degiusti wrote: I have also heard ( no personal experience) that high doses of B-12shots over 3 days will knock it out, 3,000 mgs given -for 3 days.In EOHarm , Maurine Meleck wrote:>> I did it with B6, vitamin C and high doses of L-lysine-took less than 2 weeks.> Maurine> > kimsense wrote:> don't forget you can kill the virus in the body with a month or so on> Olive Leaf Extract...> > > > Shingles runs in families, study says > > Nearly 40 percent of shingles patients had a relative who had the > > disease> > > > Reuters> > updated 6:03 p.m. ET, Mon., May. 19, 2008> > > > WASHINGTON - Shingles tends to run in families, indicating these > > people may have an increased genetic susceptibility to the viral > > disease marked by a painful, blistering rash, researchers said on > > Monday.> > > > The researchers looked at 1,027 people treated at a clinic in > > Houston between 1992 and 2005, half of whom had shingles and the > > other half had skin conditions other than shingles.> > >

> Those with shingles were about four times as likely as the others to > > have had a close family member with the disease. In all, 39.3 > > percent of the shingles patients had such a relative, compared to > > 10.5 percent of the other patients.> > > > Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the same > > varicella-zoster virus responsible for the common childhood illness > > chicken pox. After a person has had chicken pox, the virus stays > > dormant in the body, but years later can reactivate in spinal nerves > > and cause shingles.> > > > Doctors have puzzled over why some people get it while others do > > not. These findings may provide some of the answer.> > > > "Twenty percent of people eventually develop shingles and 80 percent > > will not, no matter how long they live," Dr.

Tyring of the > > University of Texas Medical School at Houston, one of the > > researchers, said in a telephone interview.> > > > "So what's different about those 20 percent? It seems that the > > familial predisposition, which must translate into a genetic > > susceptibility, is a significant factor," Tyring said.> > > > The study appeared in the journal Archives of Dermatology four days > > after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > > recommended that people 60 and older get Merck & Co Inc's vaccine > > Zostavax to protect against shingles.> > > > The CDC urged these people to get a single dose of Zostavax, the > > only vaccine to prevent shingles, even if they had a prior bout of > > shingles. There is no cure for shingles.> > > > Nearly a million shingles cases are

diagnosed each year in the > > United States alone. > > > > "Since we now have a vaccine to prevent shingles, we can urge those > > who have had blood relatives with shingles to be first in line to > > get vaccinated," Tyring said.> > > > Shingles causes a burning, painful skin rash with blisters that can > > last up to five weeks and pain that can endure for months or years. > > Left untreated, shingles can cause irreversible nerve damage. The > > risk for getting shingle rises starting at around age 50, and is > > highest among the elderly.> > > > Researchers have struggled to understand the cause of the > > reactivation of the virus, but believe it may be due to stress, an > > impaired immune system or the effects of aging.> > > > "The genetic propensity in the broadest sense would make

> > reactivation of the virus more likely. But it may also be a genetic > > propensity to have a lower threshold to stress if stress indeed is a > > trigger," Tyring said.> >>

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I have a friend with Shingles right now. Send me anything. I'll send it

to her.

Aasa wrote:

> Perhaps we can find a way to archive possible solutions to shingles

> (just in case anyone here comes down with a case, which is unlikely

> for the most part), and at the same time, poke fun at the factions who

> are out to promote the shingles vaccine, which probably is not

> catching on, because hardly any one " catches " it. I think Dr,

> Tyring is WRONG, there is no way that 20% of people will eventually

> get shingles. I wonder what ties this doctor has to Merck and Zostavax.

>

> Aasa

>

> */s_degiusti <blessingsx10@ aol.com>/* wrote:

>

> I have also heard ( no personal experience) that high doses of B-12

> shots over 3 days will knock it out, 3,000 mgs given -for 3 days.

>

> In EOHarmyahoogroups (DOT) com <mailto:EOHarm%40yahoogroups.com>,

> Maurine Meleck <maurine_meleck@ ...> wrote:

> >

> > I did it with B6, vitamin C and high doses of L-lysine-took less

> than 2 weeks.

> > Maurine

> >

> > kimsense <kimrspencer@ ...> wrote:

> > don't forget you can kill the virus in the body with a

> month or so on

> > Olive Leaf Extract...

> >

> >

> > > Shingles runs in families, study says

> > > Nearly 40 percent of shingles patients had a relative who had the

> > > disease

> > >

> > > Reuters

> > > updated 6:03 p.m. ET, Mon., May. 19, 2008

> > >

> > > WASHINGTON - Shingles tends to run in families, indicating these

> > > people may have an increased genetic susceptibility to the viral

> > > disease marked by a painful, blistering rash, researchers said on

> > > Monday.

> > >

> > > The researchers looked at 1,027 people treated at a clinic in

> > > Houston between 1992 and 2005, half of whom had shingles and the

> > > other half had skin conditions other than shingles.

> > >

> > > Those with shingles were about four times as likely as the others

> to

> > > have had a close family member with the disease. In all, 39.3

> > > percent of the shingles patients had such a relative, compared to

> > > 10.5 percent of the other patients.

> > >

> > > Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the same

> > > varicella-zoster virus responsible for the common childhood

> illness

> > > chicken pox. After a person has had chicken pox, the virus stays

> > > dormant in the body, but years later can reactivate in spinal

> nerves

> > > and cause shingles.

> > >

> > > Doctors have puzzled over why some people get it while others do

> > > not. These findings may provide some of the answer.

> > >

> > > " Twenty percent of people eventually develop shingles and 80

> percent

> > > will not, no matter how long they live, " Dr. Tyring of

> the

> > > University of Texas Medical School at Houston, one of the

> > > researchers, said in a telephone interview.

> > >

> > > " So what's different about those 20 percent? It seems that the

> > > familial predisposition, which must translate into a genetic

> > > susceptibility, is a significant factor, " Tyring said.

> > >

> > > The study appeared in the journal Archives of Dermatology four

> days

> > > after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

> > > recommended that people 60 and older get Merck & Co Inc's vaccine

> > > Zostavax to protect against shingles.

> > >

> > > The CDC urged these people to get a single dose of Zostavax, the

> > > only vaccine to prevent shingles, even if they had a prior bout

> of

> > > shingles. There is no cure for shingles.

> > >

> > > Nearly a million shingles cases are diagnosed each year in the

> > > United States alone.

> > >

> > > " Since we now have a vaccine to prevent shingles, we can urge

> those

> > > who have had blood relatives with shingles to be first in line to

> > > get vaccinated, " Tyring said.

> > >

> > > Shingles causes a burning, painful skin rash with blisters that

> can

> > > last up to five weeks and pain that can endure for months or

> years.

> > > Left untreated, shingles can cause irreversible nerve damage. The

> > > risk for getting shingle rises starting at around age 50, and is

> > > highest among the elderly.

> > >

> > > Researchers have struggled to understand the cause of the

> > > reactivation of the virus, but believe it may be due to stress,

> an

> > > impaired immune system or the effects of aging.

> > >

> > > " The genetic propensity in the broadest sense would make

> > > reactivation of the virus more likely. But it may also be a

> genetic

> > > propensity to have a lower threshold to stress if stress indeed

> is a

> > > trigger, " Tyring said.

> > >

> >

>

>

>

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Olive leaf extract high dose of Vitamin C Vitamin B6 at least 1500 mg of L-lysine a daytotal(taken 3 times a day) Maurine Walsh wrote: I have a friend with Shingles right now. Send me anything. I'll send it to her.Aasa wrote:> Perhaps we can find a way to archive possible solutions to shingles > (just in case anyone here comes down with a case, which is unlikely > for the most part), and at the same

time, poke fun at the factions who > are out to promote the shingles vaccine, which probably is not > catching on, because hardly any one "catches" it. I think Dr, > Tyring is WRONG, there is no way that 20% of people will eventually > get shingles. I wonder what ties this doctor has to Merck and Zostavax. > > Aasa>> */s_degiusti <blessingsx10@ aol.com>/* wrote:>> I have also heard ( no personal experience) that high doses of B-12> shots over 3 days will knock it out, 3,000 mgs given -for 3 days.>> In EOHarmyahoogroups (DOT) com <mailto:EOHarm%40yahoogroups.com>,> Maurine Meleck <maurine_meleck@ ...> wrote:> >> > I did it with B6, vitamin C and high doses of L-lysine-took less> than 2 weeks.> > Maurine> >> > kimsense <kimrspencer@ ...> wrote:> > don't forget you can kill

the virus in the body with a> month or so on> > Olive Leaf Extract...> >> > > > > Shingles runs in families, study says> > > Nearly 40 percent of shingles patients had a relative who had the> > > disease> > >> > > Reuters> > > updated 6:03 p.m. ET, Mon., May. 19,

2008> > >> > > WASHINGTON - Shingles tends to run in families, indicating these> > > people may have an increased genetic susceptibility to the viral> > > disease marked by a painful, blistering rash, researchers said on> > > Monday.> > >> > > The researchers looked at 1,027 people treated at a clinic in> > > Houston between 1992 and 2005, half of whom had shingles and the> > > other half had skin conditions other than shingles.> > >> > > Those with shingles were about four times as likely as the others> to> > > have had a close family member with the disease. In all, 39.3> > > percent of the shingles patients had such a relative, compared to> > > 10.5 percent of the other patients.> > >> > > Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the same>

> > varicella-zoster virus responsible for the common childhood> illness> > > chicken pox. After a person has had chicken pox, the virus stays> > > dormant in the body, but years later can reactivate in spinal> nerves> > > and cause shingles.> > >> > > Doctors have puzzled over why some people get it while others do> > > not. These findings may provide some of the answer.> > >> > > "Twenty percent of people eventually develop shingles and 80> percent> > > will not, no matter how long they live," Dr. Tyring of> the> > > University of Texas Medical School at Houston, one of the> > > researchers, said in a telephone interview.> > >> > > "So what's different about those 20 percent? It seems that the> > > familial predisposition, which must translate into a

genetic> > > susceptibility, is a significant factor," Tyring said.> > >> > > The study appeared in the journal Archives of Dermatology four> days> > > after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention> > > recommended that people 60 and older get Merck & Co Inc's vaccine> > > Zostavax to protect against shingles.> > >> > > The CDC urged these people to get a single dose of Zostavax, the> > > only vaccine to prevent shingles, even if they had a prior bout> of> > > shingles. There is no cure for shingles.> > >> > > Nearly a million shingles cases are diagnosed each year in the> > > United States alone.> > >> > > "Since we now have a vaccine to prevent shingles, we can urge> those> > > who have had blood relatives with shingles to be

first in line to> > > get vaccinated," Tyring said.> > >> > > Shingles causes a burning, painful skin rash with blisters that> can> > > last up to five weeks and pain that can endure for months or> years.> > > Left untreated, shingles can cause irreversible nerve damage. The> > > risk for getting shingle rises starting at around age 50, and is> > > highest among the elderly.> > >> > > Researchers have struggled to understand the cause of the> > > reactivation of the virus, but believe it may be due to stress,> an> > > impaired immune system or the effects of aging.> > >> > > "The genetic propensity in the broadest sense would make> > > reactivation of the virus more likely. But it may also be a> genetic> > > propensity to have a lower threshold to stress

if stress indeed> is a> > > trigger," Tyring said.> > >> >>>>