My husband now has shingles.....

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,PSC 5-07, is in end stage cirrohsis and now has shingles across his

right side, waist, right groin and right inside thigh. Infectous disease doc

put him on Acyclovir. Besides all of the PSC meds, he is on Oxycodone and

Dilaudid. He is miserable. Any suggestions for me to make him more

comfortable...I am lost. Thanks.

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> ,PSC 5-07, is in end stage cirrohsis and now has shingles across his

right side, waist, right groin and right inside thigh. Infectous disease doc

put him on Acyclovir. Besides all of the PSC meds, he is on Oxycodone and

Dilaudid. He is miserable. Any suggestions for me to make him more

comfortable...I am lost. Thanks.

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How truly horrific for him!! When my Dad had shingles, my Mom put vitamin E oil

on all the lesions twice a day. Papa said it really helped a lot with the

discomfort and it certainly healed the lesions a lot faster than the dr. was

expecting. Since then, we've recommended this to others who have each reported

similar results.

One word of caution -- a lot of manufacturers put out a vitamin E oil that is

pretty thin and runny and doesn't seem to work very well for this. Be sure that

the one you get is very thick. (Nature's Bounty brand is thin and runny.

Sundown Naturals is good and thick!) We've never had any problem with it

staining clothing or bed linens.

Regards,

Carolyn B. in SC

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> ,PSC 5-07, is in end stage cirrohsis and now has shingles across his

right side, waist, right groin and right inside thigh. Infectous disease doc

put him on Acyclovir. Besides all of the PSC meds, he is on Oxycodone and

Dilaudid. He is miserable. Any suggestions for me to make him more

comfortable...I am lost. Thanks.

>

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How truly horrific for him!! When my Dad had shingles, my Mom put vitamin E oil

on all the lesions twice a day. Papa said it really helped a lot with the

discomfort and it certainly healed the lesions a lot faster than the dr. was

expecting. Since then, we've recommended this to others who have each reported

similar results.

One word of caution -- a lot of manufacturers put out a vitamin E oil that is

pretty thin and runny and doesn't seem to work very well for this. Be sure that

the one you get is very thick. (Nature's Bounty brand is thin and runny.

Sundown Naturals is good and thick!) We've never had any problem with it

staining clothing or bed linens.

Regards,

Carolyn B. in SC