Natural & Homeopathic: Maalox
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Relief for My Mom :(
Asked by C.D. from Columbia
on May 4, 2011
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My mom has shingles and she is in a lot of pain. Along with the nerve pain, she also is suffering from burning and itching where the blisters are. She has been to the ...
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- Try aloe Vera with lidacain(spell) it's the aloe for sun burn but has pain med in it. I used it for my girls chicken pox.
- Maalox! My husband had shingles and a pharmacist recommended dabbing original liquid Maalox on the blisters--he said it worked to manage the pain.
- Oh, God. Your poor mom. I've had shingles so bad it almost killed me. Literally. The pain is excruciating. They do have numbing creams she could get from the doctor...
Rash
Asked by N.H. from Pittsburgh
on July 16, 2009
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I have a rash that is on both sides of my body starting under my armpits. What is strange is that it is symetrical on both sides, and only in those areas. It is kind...
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- Off the top of my head, reading your discription of the feeling and placement of the rash I want to say it might be shingles. It usually only shows up on one side tho...
- Is your rash horizontal, following along your ribs? It may be shigles. It hurts very badly, looks almost like bad pimples. Taking L-Lysine (an amino acid) can help tre...
- What do you use for deodorant? Could you have gotten really really sweaty so that it ran down from your armpits and you had an allergic reaction? Witch hazel and...
Shingles
Asked by F.E. from Green Bay
on October 28, 2011
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I had asked a question over a week ago regarding shingles and received some great input to my question. Now I have another one that maybe someone knows the answer to....
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- Shingles and Chicken Pox are pretty much the same thing except that shingles can hurt like crazy. I had shingles while pregnant and they were spreading (but not hurti...
- I don't know the answer to your question, but just wanted to offer hugs. I have had shingles THREE times! Every time I just hear the word I cringe. I truly hope you...
- I don't know the answer to this, but I wanted to suggest emu oil for your itchy spots. When I had shingles, that helped more than anything. You can find it at health...
Shangles
Asked by F.E. from Green Bay
on October 22, 2011
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I have been diagnosed with shingles by 3 different doctors but I am still not convinced that I have them. My rash, which is next to my armpit near the breast. is very...
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- If I were you, I'd ask for a blood test. They can test for shingles through blood work. Then you would know for sure. That's an easy answer to your question. I'd...
- it might not be shingles at all. Check out dariers disease. I have it, have had it since my first pregnancy and it flares up now and then, usually in the summer. It...
- It sounds like shingles to me, if it's not treated it can cause damage to other parts of your body. If it's not healing call the doc, well one of them at least, and te...
Any Magic Cures?
Asked by A.P. from Janesville-Beloit
on December 21, 2011
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I'm sorry that this is not really a mom question, other than that it's about a mom :). I've been prone to canker sores every since I was a little girl. When I was a ...
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- My family has used powdered alum for 4 generations. From the grocery store spice section, if you can't find it in powdered form just use spoons to grind it down. Put...
- My grandmother told me years ago that one of her family members got a lot of canker sores when he was a child. When he was a child and went for the umteenth time to h...
- Yogurt lots and lots of yogurt, and when I do get one which I have only had one in several years (I forgot to buy yogurt for a while) I start putting on Arbonne's Reju...
