Shingles put us in a state of Panic!

by Ruth
(Santa Ana, Ca USA)

We have been frantic trying to find help for my husband who has had shingles for five weeks now.

More then a month ago my husband had his first outbreak of shingles. At first we didn`t worry too much because we didn`t understand how serious it could be.

With-in days of the outbreak of shingles my husband began to experience great pain. We went to the doctor and they did give him some pain medicine and other suggestions for managing the pain, but for some reason nothing seemed to be working.

Pain management had not given any relief. Instead it seemed to have brought my husband mind confusion and memory loss.

I was really beginning to worry. I have never seen him like that before. I was completely unsure what to do for him or how to help the symptoms of his shingles outbreak.

The doctors just kept telling us to give it more time, but time just kept ticking by and my husbands symptoms were getting worse.

We learned that magnetic therapy might help some of his symptoms related to shingles. While not recommended by the doctor, we decided to try it.

In our opinion, things were at the point where we were willing to try anything. We could no longer just sit and wait, hoping that all would be well when what we saw was things getting worse.

Just had a treatment with magnet therapy and have not heard him complain for 31 1/2 hrs.

This is the first time since the outbreak of shingles that we have seen my husband have any signs of relief. We are so happy that we could try this natural remedy.

It really makes you stop and wonder about the state of modern medicine today. If treatments like this can have such an effect and so quickly, why aren`t doctors more knowledgeable about them and why don`t they tell their patience that it is a possible treatment for them?

Will keep you updated.