From this morning’s DT this may be worth remembering for future use
Finally, further to the ingenious remedy for preventing the painful sensitivity of a shingles rash by positioning a plastic bag over it (held in place by Sellotape), a reader recalls how back in 1946 (!), his wise old family doctor advised he use a man’s silk handkerchief for the same purpose. “It is still in my possession,” he writes. Better still, Trish Rees, a retired staff nurse, commends a sheet of cling film as more effective and less likely to become dislodged.
Meanwhile, it is not just those who have had an attack of shingles in the past who should avoid the vaccine against it, now routinely offered to people aged 70 and 78. For a reader with long-standing psoriasis, it caused “the mother of all flare-ups – from a few small patches to covering almost my entire body
The specialist told him he “regularly” sees this adverse effect of the vaccine, about which most family doctors are apparently unaware
Food for thought. .
