Why Do Shingles Hurt So Bad

A new shingles vaccine works so why don t people want to get it.

Why do shingles hurt so bad.

Now my left arm hurts so much a woman tweeted this week. In others it won t. Shingles is a painful rash that s caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox. Shingles can be a very devastating infection that can not only cause extreme pain and discomfort several weeks while the rash is present but in about 10 to 20 percent of people it will go on to.

Shingles strikes 1 million americans each year causing mild to severe and even debilitating pain according to the national institute of neurological disorders and stroke 1. The shingles vaccine is recommended for people ages 50 and older as older adults are more likely to. Shingles is characterized by pain or a tingling sensation in a limited area on one side of the face or torso followed by a red rash with small fluid filled blisters. The side effects are killing me which sucks major arm neck pain and flu like.

Roughly 30 to 60 of people over age 60 who get shingles go on to develop a chronic pain syndrome called post herpetic neuralgia. Six percent to 70 percent of affected patients ninds notes develop a chronic pain syndrome known as post herpetic neuralgia in which shingles pain persists for months or years after other symptoms subside. The shingles vaccine is 97 effective which is awesome. But what s worse is the isolation it causes when no one can be.

Learn about treatment options from a pain management specialist. Here s a few reasons why it s difficult to make adults get vaccinated. If the pain lasts for at least 3 months after the shingles rash has healed a person is diagnosed with phn. Written by dan gray updated on april 3 2019.

If you ve ever gotten a flu shot you may have felt soreness in your upper arm for a day or two afterward that s just a sign the vaccine is working immunologists say. We don t have any idea why. The signs and symptoms of shingles usually affect only a small section of one side of your body. It feels like a mix of electrical shock and small needles against your skin.