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.
Be careful with shingles. My daughter got shingles in her right eye and while the shingles have "gone" it led to some secondary problems. It seems shingles never "go away" - they just wait there and can spring up again. Yes healthy lifestyle and eating and good sleep etc reduce the likelihood of repeats so that seems to be the way to go for lots of things. best of luck.
shingles can be tough
Valtrex is a decent antiviral my wife has used it. It has helped her shingle rashes.
Also diet can help
https://www.lysinearginineguide.com/lysine-arginine-ratio-food-charts-guide/herpes and shingles are similar when it comes to the rashes they cause and some say watching you lysine to arginine ratios can reduce outbreaks of the rashes.
https://acidicbody.com/lysine-arginine-ratio-foods/so trying to balance the two at 1 to 1 ratio or
1.2 lysine to 1 arginine is what we do.
bad foods would be
Macadamia nuts
Lysine------Arginine ---- ratio
5 ______ 391______ 0.012
Here is a nice chart heavy cream and ice cream = good for her
