Shingles

Shingles is dangerous!! Apparently most people over 60 will get shingles. Shingles can lead to Neuralgia (permanently damaged nerves and chronic pain). Doctors can do very little for chronic pain sufferers (usually people over 80). This book helps minimize the risk of shingles leading to Neuralgia, and helps those with Neuralgia to understand what is going on. Doctors are out of their depth when it comes to chronic pain and would rather like to ignore people who have this serious problem. This book explains what doctors are dealing with. When I turn 60 I'm getting the vaccine! It's too late for my mother who is now 80; her shingles were probably not treated properly 4 years ago and she developed terrible chronic pain - the best surgeons cannot help. And they don't have time to explain. This book does. Thank you.

This book is a very thorough treatment of a terrible disease which has afficted and will continue to affict thousands of people. The clear warning is "get your shingles vaccine shot ASAP". If you are too late, this is very good information on what you can do to possibly relieve some of the pain, and what to expect down the road.

I expected the same stuff I find on the internet, but there were a number of things in this book I hadn't heard (read) before--some of the home remedies, the mention of a length of immunity once having had shingles, and so on. Appreciated the clear, concise way that the information was presented. I actually read the first few chapters (about what shingles is, how the virus works, etc.) that I likely would have skipped over otherwise. Nicely done, should be helpful to our family. My only negative would be that this book is from 2008 and may need an update one of these days. Wishing the very best to all reading this who have been impacted by this evil disease.

I read it and learned a lot about how to handle chronic pain. It gave me a lot of information of what to expect.

This book builds up false hopes .....there is nothing in it that one could not find on the internet. I found it to be borderline exploitation and returning it for my money back.

Likely the definitely text on Shingles. You can skip the rest of the book and just read the chapter "Questions and Answers About Shingles" and you will be well informed about the essential info,

Very informative. Needed as much information as possible. Read this when I had shingles.

After coming down with a terrible case of shingles, and 3 visits to doctors, I found this book on Amazon. It helped me understand what was happening more than the doctors did. Anyone with shingles, or anyone taking care of someone with shingles, should read this book.