Dr. Barbara Yawn, Director of Research at Olmsted Medical Center, provides an overview of her study on Health Care Utilization and the Cost Burden of Herpes Zoster, published in the September 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The full text of the article is available at http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/84/9/787.full
Click on the link below to listen to Dr. Yawn talk about her research.
I first had shingles when I was 39 and I have had them 3 times since. My doctor was not surprised and either was I. I expected to have more outbreaks the rest of my life and other people I know with shingles have had the same happen to them.
I was diagonesed with shimgles 5 or 6 years ago and have had them many times.
I have the itchy kind and they seem to break out around my knees and on my fore arms. They come out as little blisters, itch for about a month and then go away.
I am also a Sarcoid patient.