...chronicling my mother's battle to live with liver disease and raising awareness of hepatic encephalopathy, together.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Shingles

Add it to the list. She broke out in a rash in the hospital and finally got doctor confirmation today. Luckily for her, she doesn't have the extreme pain that is typically associated with it, but it explains the last several years of seemingly random pain in her back that she thought was her kidneys failing. The outbreak is almost over, so her skin is drying up and healing. Too late for antivirals, so there's nothing to do for it now. At least we know what to do next time.

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