Homeopathic medicines can remarkably help in relieving symptoms of this condition and are absolutely safe when taken alone or in conjunction with antiviral medicines. Individuals seeking treatment at our centres are usually those who prefer a safer, alternative treatment like homeopathy, or those who weren’t relieved by conventional medicines.

Treatment if started in the initial stages may also help in preventing or reducing the intensity of post-herpetic neuralgia.

Homeopathic medicines also heal the vesicles and pustules quickly and offer relief for systemic complaints of fatigue, malaise and fever. Patients suffering from post-herpetic neuralgia, a long-lasting pain following shingles, receive significant relief in a relatively short period of time.

This condition progresses through three stages as described below:

Prodrome
Initially the person experiences a tingling, itching or knife- like pain in the involved dermatome or area of skin covered by the affected nerve.

Acute Phase
It is characterized by fatigue, malaise, low-grade fever and dermatomal (skin) rash. The rash appears as vesicles followed by pustules and crust formation; which eventually heal within 14-21 days.

Chronic Phase
Post-herpetic neuralgia is the presenting symptom. You will experience a burning pain along the affected dermatome (area of skin covered by the affected nerve) after the rash subsides. Usually the pain resolves in 2-3 weeks. However, innumerable individuals experience this pain for months to years.