has anyone had experience with this affliction.

[marko kok prong]

Gooday guys

This is a serious post,my sister in law has started breaking out in blisters,followed by skin lesions, she has them all over her upper body,and in her mouth,at first i was worried it could be bubonic plague,but the fact she is still alive after a week,and walking around would suggest not,my wife took her to the clinic the other day,but i could not really grasp what happened,today she went to for want of a better word a local healer that was going to blow something from tree bark over her,luckily her ex [german] has now come to the village and is taking her to hospital on the morrow,just wondered if anyone has had any experience with something similar,this is a serious post i repeat.

[CharlieH]

Suggest this would be better of in the Health forum for better response

[marko kok prong]

Thank's charlie just threw it in here because i thought more people may see it,looks bloody awful and very painfull whatever it is.

[CharlieH]

Sincerely hope it doesnt turn out to be anything too serious, best wishes mate.

[seajae]

mate, sounds like chicken pox, my daughter got it really bad a lot of years ago and it was all over her body, in her mouth and other womanly places. The blisters break and then you get the lesions, calamine lotion can save a lot of the itching it causes.

[marko kok prong]

mate, sounds like chicken pox, my daughter got it really bad a lot of years ago and it was all over her body, in her mouth and other womanly places. The blisters break and then you get the lesions, calamine lotion can save a lot of the itching it causes.

Thank's mate,yes she is really itchy,but these lesions are huge ,like fist size in some area's but will google it,thanks again.

[Tywais]

Moved to Health forum where we have some medical professionals. A link will remain in General.

Several inflammatory posts and replies removed. Another reason it is better out of General and into the Health forum with the more rigid rules against trolling.

[Beetlejuice]

9 years ago my wife`s cousin was inflicted with something similar as described by the OP and tragically it was diagnosed as the start of full blown aids. He died 3 months later.

I don`t say this lightly and hoping it is something not so serious, but my advice is; get your sister in law into a reputable hospital pronto for tests and keep her isolated at home if possible, until it is diagnosed what exactly is causing this severe skin condition, as this could be something highly contagious.

But as I said and cannot stress the point enough, get her to a proper hospital a.s.a.p.

[marko kok prong]

Thanks beetlejuice,will be doing just that.

[Beetlejuice]

Thanks beetlejuice,will be doing just that.

Yes, this is very concerning and my intentions are not to scaremonger, just get her to a hospital and have this checked out.

Please keep us updated on the progress.

[Sheryl]

It is impossible to know what this is from the limited information provided. A photo of the lesions and more ocmplete description of any other symptoms (fever? etc) might help.

[sinbin]

9 years ago my wife`s cousin was inflicted with something similar as described by the OP and tragically it was diagnosed as the start of full blown aids. He died 3 months later.

I don`t say this lightly and hoping it is something not so serious, but my advice is; get your sister in law into a reputable hospital pronto for tests and keep her isolated at home if possible, until it is diagnosed what exactly is causing this severe skin condition, as this could be something highly contagious.

But as I said and cannot stress the point enough, get her to a proper hospital a.s.a.p.

I'll go along with Beetlejuice. Woman, her husband a farang, in my village had the same thing. Looked like Shingles. Wouldn't go to the doctors/hospital. Always chose the magic man to spit liquid(?) over her. She died a few months later from Pneumonia. She had full blown HIV but never told her husband. Hence why she only went to the quack. She originally found out she had HIV when she fell pregnant. Above all get her ex(German) to get tested as well as whatever she has may be transmittable.

Edited June 6, 2014 by sinbin

[marko kok prong]

9 years ago my wife`s cousin was inflicted with something similar as described by the OP and tragically it was diagnosed as the start of full blown aids. He died 3 months later.

I don`t say this lightly and hoping it is something not so serious, but my advice is; get your sister in law into a reputable hospital pronto for tests and keep her isolated at home if possible, until it is diagnosed what exactly is causing this severe skin condition, as this could be something highly contagious.

But as I said and cannot stress the point enough, get her to a proper hospital a.s.a.p.

I'll go along with Beetlejuice. Woman, her husband a farang, in my village had the same thing. Looked like Shingles. Wouldn't go to the doctors/hospital. Always chose the magic man to spit liquid(?) over her. She died a few months later from Pneumonia. She had full blown HIV but never told her husband. Hence why she only went to the quack. She originally found out she had HIV when she fell pregnant. Above all get her ex(German) to get tested as well as whatever she has may be transmittable.

Thanks sinbin,i googled around yesterday,i think it is shingles,but after reading your post i am now worried again,she went to another clinic yesterday and apparently the Doctor told her just that,and told her to go to hospital,now she got something from the pharmacy and is feeling better,i told her an the ex they must go to the hospital,but she does not want to,she is terrible for sticking her head in the sand,i will just try to persuade them,and yes i am also worried about it getting transmitted,as of course they all like to eat Thai style sharing the various dishes.

[Sheryl]

How old is she? If she is young then indeed HIV is a consideration. Shingles becomes common in non-HIV infected people after about the age of 50, when it occurs in much younger people it is often an indication of AIDs.

However neither HIV nor shingles can be transmitted through sharing food. In the case of shingles, the fluid leaking out of the blisters contains the varicella virus . This will not transmit shingles, but it can transmit chickenpox to someone who has neither had the disease not been vaccinated for it. People who have had chickenpox or been vaccinated for it are not at risk).

[IMA_FARANG]

Well i am not a doctor, and i can't seem to find the so_called picture that is claimed to be displayed here. But anyhow I will say that adult chicken pox (occuring in an adult) and in someone who has never been vacinated or had a (uually milder) case of childhood chicken pox can be a serious illiness and requires immediate hospitalisation and medical treatment.

But I agree with Sheryal, as to little information, and not enough detail, but does not sound good .... so get her to a hopspital as soon as possible.

Edited June 6, 2014 by IMA_FARANG

[sinbin]

Thanks sinbin,i googled around yesterday,i think it is shingles,but after reading your post i am now worried again,she went to another clinic yesterday and apparently the Doctor told her just that,and told her to go to hospital,now she got something from the pharmacy and is feeling better,i told her an the ex they must go to the hospital,but she does not want to,she is terrible for sticking her head in the sand,i will just try to persuade them,and yes i am also worried about it getting transmitted,as of course they all like to eat Thai style sharing the various dishes.

She'll tell you she's feeling better because she really doesn't want to go to the hospital. Government hospitals are not very discete, so the last place she really wants to go is there. Everyone will know, if it's in a village, before she gets home what she'll have been to the doctors for. I sometimes feel for Thais as there seems to be a total lack of privicy when telling the duty nurse as to their syptoms/problem.

[marko kok prong]

How old is she? If she is young then indeed HIV is a consideration. Shingles becomes common in non-HIV infected people after about the age of 50, when it occurs in much younger people it is often an indication of AIDs.

However neither HIV nor shingles can be transmitted through sharing food. In the case of shingles, the fluid leaking out of the blisters contains the varicella virus . This will not transmit shingles, but it can transmit chickenpox to someone who has neither had the disease not been vaccinated for it. People who have had chickenpox or been vaccinated for it are not at risk).

Thanks for the reply Sheryl,she is 42,i have told her ex,he must take her for a blood test,she got some tablets from the pharmacy and now says she is feeling better,i know she will try to stick her head in the sand and ignore it,so i only hope he can persuade her.

[Sheryl]

If he is her ex, he'd better get an HIV test himself.

[chakatee]

If severe Stevens-Johnson should be considered.

Started with fever? Eyes affected? Been taking medications prior this outbreak?

[arjunadawn]

First of all, Sheryl is correct- more info is needed; not even a lot more. Chicken pox are vesicular lesions- tear drop fluid sacs they don't get as large as you're described. Shingles, related to chicken pox, mostly has easily distinguished pattern along nerve paths. Curiously, when you said mouth my mind did jump to a virus- which the other things are. Bubonic plague is actually still a disease, but not virus. These would be larger - bulbous or bulbos, as you've described.

She needs competent medical veal ASAP, and not just for her. It needs be determined if she's communicable. Depending on what these "blisters" are, if they rupture the communicable period often ends when they've dried. So, it's pretty important. I think if she spontaneously improves you should not postpone a competent visit with labs. You must determine what this is or was, for everyone's health. My best to you.

[marko kok prong]

First of all, Sheryl is correct- more info is needed; not even a lot more. Chicken pox are vesicular lesions- tear drop fluid sacs they don't get as large as you're described. Shingles, related to chicken pox, mostly has easily distinguished pattern along nerve paths. Curiously, when you said mouth my mind did jump to a virus- which the other things are. Bubonic plague is actually still a disease, but not virus. These would be larger - bulbous or bulbos, as you've described.

She needs competent medical veal ASAP, and not just for her. It needs be determined if she's communicable. Depending on what these "blisters" are, if they rupture the communicable period often ends when they've dried. So, it's pretty important. I think if she spontaneously improves you should not postpone a competent visit with labs. You must determine what this is or was, for everyone's health. My best to you.

Thanks for the reply mate,she did go to the doctor ,a good one in the local town he has confirmed what me and her ex where thinking,Shingles,and has given her the correct medication,so hopefully that will clear it up.

[Sheryl]

The issue that remains though is why she got shingles as it is not common at her age unless there is immunosuppression. Both she and her ex should have an HIV test....

[tifino]

wife and I experienced similar last year, after staying at a small resort by the canal out of Amphawa.

We had our bottle water, but when came to ablution, shower, shave, teeth etc we used their tap water. There wa a lot of sediment in it, cloudy even.

Symptons: It looked so much like chickenpox, that shingles became the main thought too.

What stumped us at first was that I had already had chickenpox as a child, wheras wife hadn't.

She was multitudes more affected than me, with what started out as many red specks that irritated, then broke open.

I'd heard that shingles is supposed to affect you mainly on one side only?, which at first seemed the case.

Started dabbing the Calamine Lotion, and that continued for about 3 weeks.

Great way to do a honeymoon , but was good stuff looking after the missus so intimately

We'll avoid staying in the village next time though

Got back to Australia, and the Dr reckoned it was 'nerves' and prescribed Motilium