Herpes Zoster - Articles
Treatment Blurbs From ILADS
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Connie S.
Here, in my laziest blog post ever, I will be sprinkling about little bits n' pieces of information on Lyme disease treatments, which I received from the experts at the latest ILADS conference. These are random blurbs that you may find helpful for treating your Lyme disease, or one of the million infections and/or other conditions that accompany i ...
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Update small but there
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Jill Constantino
Vacation So I am back from vacation in San Antonio. We had a blast. I LOVE watching the kids hang out with each other. I won't lie though - Antonio was whinny and cranky. He got sick before we left and was sick part of the week and just as he was starting to get into playing he tripped and fell - bloody nose, fat lip and tears. Later in the week he ...
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Shingles mingles with stroke
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Brian Wolstenholme
... troke risk factors such as tobacco use, hypertension, or high blood pressure, and diabetes has shown increased chance of stroke. Investigators found shingles, an infection of herpes zoster, to be a risk factor for stroke. Shingles is caused by varicella zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox. It manifests as a painful, tingling rash that begins ...
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Website Redesign – Finding New Ways to Procrastinate
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John !.
I almost hesitate to write this post because my friend in weight loss Tony is going to rake me over the coals, in ways that only he can, for thinking about something other than exercising and eating properly. I deserve every bit of it Tony!But I've been putting together this redesign for some time and I am pretty happy with how it turned ...
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Changing a lifelong habit (tea addiction)
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Venus Doom
I’ve been a tea drinker since I was about 12 years old. The first thing I do when I wake up is guzzle down two cups of tea. Then I can start to function. Every time I’ve done a job I celebrate with a cup of tea. Every time I get home (no matter where I’ve been – shopping, school run, putting out the garbage!) I have a nice c ...
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NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month
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Vanessa Van Petten
Gema is an 18-year old from Miami, FL. She loves reading and writing young adult fiction and claims to pass out in the presence of sterile wit. November is National Novel Writing Month and over a 100,000 people signed up to write 50,000 words in one month. Adults and teens alike have taken on thirty long days of either putting a finger into the bra ...
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Tri Mommy
As you can tell from the past few posts, I've been a bit low lately. This morning's news that another friend is having cancer problems, this time melanoma, made me hate cancer all the more. Yet there is something inside of me that is seeking out the happiness in my life. I'm starting to see it everywhere and the happiness is infectious. I rathe ...
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A New Day
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Tri Mommy
Today seems like a new day for some reason, like a new start on something. What the something is, I'm not really sure. It's almost like I woke up some something more than sleep this morning, although it sort of came on little by little as my early morning progressed. Mr. Darcy definitely has the shingles and is taking his 1 g of Valtrex three ti ...
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Insomnia, My Old Friend
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Tri Mommy
My insomnia is back. So I sit here unable to sleep and not wanting to toss and turn and take the chance of waking Mr. Darcy who not only has Angelfish's head cold from earlier this week but who also is exhibiting symptoms of shingles (although his rash is not disgusting at this point). He's pretty miserable, and tomorrow morning he'll be calling ...
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