Dr Muttly clued me into L-lysine. Take 10 at a time, about three times a day along with the antiviral prescription and pain meds the doc will give ya.....
TAKE the L-lysine the prescription powerful pain meds, take the seven day therapy prescription AV meds and lots of the L-Lysine vitamin.....more than ya would think is safe.
Wish this illness on not even your worst enemy.....I've been shot, dropped, cut, broke, burnt, beat , blown up and talked bad about yet can tell ya those hurts were childs play compared to the shingles....first sign get yor hiney to the doc ASAP !!!
Felt like a kidney stone combination gall bladder attack after someone had beat me in the back, ribs and gut with a louisville slugger baseball batfor a few hours. I was down and out for 4+ weeks and am still taking pain meds as it is very painful folks.....a world of hurt. Avoid at all cost. If ya have a choice of losing a limb or shingles fess us the limb gladly !
To make a long story shorter, I found out about cold sores from some actors doing close-up shots. They had eaten Reeses Pieces the day before, and developed problems the next day...and then someone explained it to us...it was the chocolate and peanuts! Really!
This is the deal....viruses multiply by taking some of their own DNA and putting it into a protective Protein Coating, like a test tube. It is made out of the amino acid Arginine, the thing in chicken soup which is said to help prevent colds, and strengthen the immune system. The problem occurs when a virus has already gotten a foothold...then it feeds them. So, theoretically, if one starves the system of Arginine, which is found in POULTRY, CHOCOLATE, and NUTS, they say, and floods the system with the amino acid L-Lysine, especially in powder-capsule form, the virus must choose the inferior building material L-Lysine, or not reproduce. It does, and when the white blood cells (I think) attack the new viruses, the protein shell fails, and the new virus dies.
I recall that dairy products and Flounder, especially steamed flounder, is full of Lysine. The actors went out to dinner that night, and the next day, it appeared that the sores were going away. Then an incredible thing happened. One of their friends said she had an idea, went to the health food store and returned with a small bottle of Grapefruit Seed Extract. She placed a drop on each spot, with an eyedropper, waited a minute, then wiped it off with a moist tissue. By that night, the stuff was GONE! I mean, really not even there, gone.
I had a cold sore when I was very, very little, and I still remember that it hurt like hell. I haven't had one since, but if I ever do....
It is said that chicken pox, cold sores, herpes 1 and 2, and shingles are pretty much the same thing, and all viruses, like some other pretty nasty ones running around these days. I would imagine that they all would respond to roughly the same treatments, which is why I changed into my white lab coat with headlamp and stethescope, and advised my friend Squantos to give it a try, since he was suffering so. I use the stethescope to search for engine knocks, so had to wipe the motor oil off of it, but fortunately I did not have to use it. That would have required soaking in marvel mystery oil, as we medical professionals do with almost everything, except our baloney sammiches.
Trust me. I once played a surgeon in a school play.