Shingles Disease

Shingles is nothing like the sexually transmitted version of the herpes virus. As a mutation of the chicken-pox, the shingles virus usually lies quiet in most people until the age of 60 or so. The reason behind this is because of the weakness that is beginning to take place in the immune system. Once that weakness is breachable, the shingles disease proceeds to make itself known. The virus can come out earlier on in life of course, but unless you have an immune weakening disease like HIV or cancer, then the onset of Shingles is more likely the older you become.

There are steps that can be taken as well as medicine, so while it is not a permanent thing, it has the potential to be an unbelievable annoying aspect of your love life. Especially on the occasions that the shingles virus is reactivated more than once. No one, man or woman, likes to have to worry about their skin when love is in the air. This is doubly true when you have long passed the age of zits and the loss of self-esteem that they can bring along with them. The problem with shingles is not only is it much more obvious that than most other skin conditions, it also has the added burden of being quite painful to those who have it. Throughout the viruses’ appearance, there will be a constant barrage of blisters forming and reforming on your skin. Areas where shingles are most commonly found include the back, chest, buttocks, face (particularly the eyes and nose), scalp, and neck. The reason why these particular areas are under attack is that the virus is following a specific path of nerves. Once settled the virus can cause chronic pains throughout the nerves’ path and this is what causes the problems in the bedroom.

If the symptoms had simply been mild irritation or skin bumps maybe it wouldn’t have been a big deal. But who wants to do the horizontal tango with agonizing blisters eating away at your pain receptors? No one, that’s who. As some of us grow older, it may seem harder and harder for us to enjoy the things in life that we once did. Not because we no longer have any interest per say, but for other reasons that differ from person to person. The point is that if we have the energy and the interest for it, then why should we allow yet another old timer’s disease dictate when and how often we engage in a particular activity? Shingles is not only uncomfortable, but the more often it makes an appearance, the more dangerous it is. Discomfort cause by shingles can increase instances of depression, sleep deprivation and a sense of isolation (symptoms that seem to feed off of each other). Because the pain is chronic and located at the very nerves, it is no wonder that brief, let alone a continued exposure to shingles makes it hard to move from Point A to Point B.

These are the types of symptoms that make doctors worried and a hovering physician is not exactly comforting. Old age should be about enjoying yourself, especially after so much effort was put into the first half of your life. Will that ‘all work no play’ mentality that drove us for so many years be put to waste by the illegitimate step-child of the chicken-pox virus? Do you really want to spend your golden years shuffling from place to place with your head down when you could be living it up with the hot geriatric across the street? In an effort to enjoy every inch of our wrinkled, gray-haired bodies, we should strive to treat the shingles virus when it arrives, and then take measures to prevent it from coming back once we have gotten rid of it the first time.

Treating the Shingles virus as soon as it occurs is vital for people that want to live their days without physical agony.