By the way, some six days ago I got a feeling of a kind of tingling pain on the right side of my scalp, and when I brushed my teeth I felt pain in my gum on the right side. I didn't think much of it at first, but yesterday I got blister in my scalp as well so I went to see a doctor today, and it turns out I have shingles. So now I'm on valaciclovir, the pain isn't as bad as I thought it would be though.
Good thing you caught it early! Hopefully it doesn't progress any further.
Under a lot of stress lately? I'm not a doctor but you should consider bumping up your vitamin D intake with supplements if necessary.
Edit: I was looking for this first because I had only heard it anecdotally from colleague who died from prostate cancer:
https://aacrjournals.org/clincancerres/article/20/9/2289/78781/Vitamin-D-Deficiency-Predicts-Prostate-Biopsy tl;dr Lower serum levels of vitamin D in men is associated with a higher chance of prostate cancer diagnosis.
Edit2: To be clear, he told me that before he passed on.
Good to know, I always take extra vitamin D in the winter anyway, plus zink, so hopefully I'm good.
I actually feel better now over all. When I get an infection my body stops fighting me and starts fighting that infction instead, making my arthritis much better.