The problem kasi is that I hadn't have it... pa...? Hopefully, I won't... So wala akong first hand experience and don't really know about it... but then, being immuno-challenge, making me susceptible to it... and have been hearing about it at twitter and faceook... I decided to learn more of it...
Shingles
sa tagalog Kulebra or Ahas... Herpes Zoster...
As to my reading, it is the same virus that cause chicken pox... bulotong tubig... Apparently, kahit tipong ni di mo na maalala kung kailan ka nagka-chicken pox... yung virus nasa katawan mo pa rin... inactive... and that it actually live in the nerve tissue... di daw masyadong clear kung bakit naactivate yung virus, but it is suspected kung nasusupress ang immune system... thus, here we are...
So pag naactivate yung virus ulit, ito yung Shingles...
Pagsakit ng ulo, then fever, and well general feeling na magkakasakit ka... yan early symptoms, tapos burning sensation, hypersensitivity, itching or "pins and needle" dun sa affected part ng skin... then yun, magbliblister na siya... and even after magheal yung blister, may lingering pain pa rin...
It's painful... unsightly... at mahal ang gamot... Acyclovir is commonly prescribed... it's an antivirus... and that you have to take it more than 5 times a day... plus topical cream... and they add in the Vit. B complex to take care of your nerves...
I should be at RITM today... problem is, aside from I am immuno challenge, I am too, financially challenge... didn't have money yet--mom, have send money na, but it was late already, and thought it is a Monday (usually, madami tao), so I decided that I'll just go tomorrow morning...
I need to be at DOTS... where there was a cute guy the last time, hope he is still there... Kasi nga, nagtest ulit ako ng positive for TB... and so may concern na baka multi drug resistant na siya because relapse nga siya... they ordered sputum culture, which will take two month, if I understood it right... and for the meantime, I was given TB meds for 1 month extension... after that, balik daw ako sa kanila... yun nga yung today sana...
Siguro order sila ng Xray at Sputum test ulit... and... ewan, baka pabalikin ulit ako in a few days... kung lalabas na despite the TB meds for a month, eh may TB pa rin ako... Multi Drug Resistant na nga... ibig sabihin, immune na yung TB ko sa gamot... and I really don't exactly know ang next course of action... but what I am sure is that I am one or two step closer to my grave... or my urn... I intend to be cremated...
Pray for me guys...
