Why Do Shingles Hurt So Bad

We don t have any idea why.

Why do shingles hurt so bad.

Six percent to 70 percent of affected patients ninds notes develop a chronic pain syndrome known as post herpetic neuralgia in which shingles pain persists for months or years after other symptoms subside. A new shingles vaccine works so why don t people want to get it. But what s worse is the isolation it causes when no one can be. The shingles vaccine is 97 effective which is awesome.

The shingles vaccine is recommended for people ages 50 and older as older adults are more likely to. The side effects are killing me which sucks major arm neck pain and flu like. Shingles can be a very devastating infection that can not only cause extreme pain and discomfort several weeks while the rash is present but in about 10 to 20 percent of people it will go on to. Shingles is a painful rash that s caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox.

Learn about treatment options from a pain management specialist. If the pain lasts for at least 3 months after the shingles rash has healed a person is diagnosed with phn. Here s a few reasons why it s difficult to make adults get vaccinated. Shingles strikes 1 million americans each year causing mild to severe and even debilitating pain according to the national institute of neurological disorders and stroke 1.

Now my left arm hurts so much a woman tweeted this week. The signs and symptoms of shingles usually affect only a small section of one side of your body. The flu vaccine works by. In others it won t.

Shingles was the most uncomfortable i have ever been. It feels like a mix of electrical shock and small needles against your skin. In some people the pain will subside. Written by dan gray updated on april 3 2019.