Controlling insulin is the key to preventing shingles? Please. Just stop.
This post was written by Leigh Ann Brooks, RN, BSN, RD, CD, CDE, nursing services operational lead, Diabetes Education Center. Having diabetes can often...
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Who said not to visit a doctor? I would assume that was the first thing the op did before asking in a motor oil forum.
Black or aged garlic helps with skin breakouts just as the real stuff does from a grocery store as does l-lysine .
I recommended black garlic because I doubt the op is going to munch on garlic cloves. He would take this in addition to whatever the doc gives him.
Dude, Diabetes needs to be under control to reduce runaway infections including shingles.
Yes that is a thing, high blood sugar damages immunity,
Any doctor can list the mile long list of problems from high blood sugar, which includes most skin problems.
When my father was diagnosed with diabetes that developed during a major surgery
shortly after he got thrush which turned into Shingles, the doctor was far more concerned with my fathers blood sugar than the shingles and said his diabetes needed to be under control before the shingles treatment would be effective.
Because of how insulin resistant my father was he had a strict low carb / low calorie meal plan from the doctor back in the 80’s in addition to both pills and insulin which weren’t enough by themselves.
So it’s not like this is something new.
So Definitely not a good idea to eat ho hos and health bars while you have an active shingles infection, unless you enjoy a longer infection followed by thrush and breakouts.
Hi Carb diet with a shingles infection is a bad idea as it’s not a healthy diet and is associated with an increase in skin problems anyway.
L-lysine and basically the type of food you eat during a cold are best, think chicken soup, but with plenty of veggies.
Milk products cause mild inflammation in most people, in my case I develop asthma followed by impetigo when I consume milk products for extended periods due to autoimmune issues with milk and bread.
Doc says no milk or bread for me as I am intolerant to many components in both.
Unfortunately for me I have to take l-lysine for the rest of my life, I develop mouth/lip sores followed by facial sores when I miss a few days.