Four local doctors informed me it was Herpes.
What do I know about Herpes, it's a sexually transmitted disease.
Then I'm told there is not much that can be done, just ride it out, two to four weeks.
Three visits to a local clinic, I was given over a dozen different pain medicines within a week.
Some labels simply said vitamin for pain. None of them really seemed to be too effective.
Finally I got some morphine pills and injections. But nothing to treat the symptoms.
After three weeks of misery I happen to get to the CDC web pages to discover that Shingles Disease is also known as Herpes Zoster. The pictures on the webpage were identical to what I have.
This type of herpes is not sexually transmitted, rather a leftover virus that stays in your body after childhood chickenpox.
Translating the word Shingles into Thai, I sent someone to the local drug store.
I finally got the medication I should have been on three weeks ago.
Two hours after the first maximum dose, I feel the difference.
This makes me seriously wonder why doctors failed to prescribe more appropriate treatment.
In the future I may visit a local druggist first.
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