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He is lucky it was caught soon enough for meds, Barbara.

Hope he gets rid of it soon.

People are very kind on here :-)

Hope the meds soon kick in and make him feel less itchy and take the pain away. It is a virus so no doubt he will be grumpy.

My oh is being really funny more than usual can't do anything right. I am not sleeping up at 3am then 5am separate bedrooms as his has office desk in .our choice but handy just now with him having Shingles .he is so bad tempered your right Ann .hope he feels better soon done my best but just had enough sorry for moaning x

You can buy various things that go on the skin and ease itching quite a bit. Not cheap and as OTC not usually prescribed by the NHS. Speak to a proper pharmacist at your usual place and he/she will sort you out.

If yr pharma can't / won't help there is always Amazon or eBay.

good luck

Thank you. Will see pharmacist on Friday they open at 9am .

Barbra - I sympathise with your husband. Shingles is a horrible virus and can affect people in different ways.
Sometimes pain killers as well as the anti-viral drugs are needed.
Do talk to your Dr - he should be able to prescribe something.
I hope your husband can get some relief soon
Take care
Von

This is just a suggestion that you could ask your doctor or pharmacist about ...............

my daughter caught chicken pox as an adult, same virus that causes shingles.

Her doctor told her that warm baths could help the itching, and also that a mild anti-allergy OTC drug could also help ............. by "mild" he meant one that didn't have a lot of ingredients.

Both helped her!


What about calamine lotion?


Just try to stop him going out and about ............. you don't want to pass it onto a pregnant woman or small child.

Thank You Von Sylvia appreciate your comments he isn't going out I did local shop myself today .he has been in bed most of the afternoon. We have got callomime lotion .really it's just a waiting game just hope he calms down a.bit .x