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1 simple remedy for painful shingles nerve pain
Matt Cook here, and this is especially important for men over 55…
You’ve probably heard of shingles, a condition which is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster).
Older folks get shingles because they often have weaker immune systems.
And this is why shingles is incredibly painful — the shingles strips the myelin from the nerves…
…and those nerves are now super sensitive, firing all the time, shouting with pain that often doesn’t stop…
And even after the rash and bumps have cleared up, the pain can persist.
Fortunately, a number of nutrients have shown to be quite helpful in improving medium and long-term pain caused by shingles.
Some researchers have reported success in treating shingles pain with an over-the-counter vitamin called thiamine or B1.
The human research was carried out at the Cook County Hospital and the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology at the University of Illinois College of medicine.
The findings were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Nerve pain of the type caused by shingles and similar conditions is often called neuritis.
Researchers believe that neuritis is caused by the destruction of the myelin sheath – the protective coating around the nerve endings.
In the years after vitamin B1 was discovered, isolated, and synthesized…
…many papers reported improvements in the long term neuritis symptoms when supplementing the nutrient.
“Vitamin B1 has antineuritic properties and so has been suggested for the treatment of a host of conditions exhibiting neuritic symptoms.”
This paper reports on vitamin B1 in the treatment of a number of different conditions which cause neuritis.
“Prof Stevenson tried vitamin B1 in a large group of cases and was favorably impressed with this efficacy.”
Vitamin B1 showed significant improvements in a number of different types of neuritis.
“Stevenson treated 18 cases of sciatica, 14 of neuritis and 3 cases of general debility with vague and multiple nerve pains.”
The research showed that 40% of people reported complete cessation of pain after being given vitamin B1.
“In 40% of the cases treated there was cessation of symptoms.”
About the same number reported a significant improvement but not complete cessation of pain.
“A further 37% very much improved.”
Only 23% had marginal or no noticeable changes when treated with vitamin B1.
The researchers found that vitamin B1 could indeed be effective at clearing up resistant nerve pain caused by shingles or other neuritic conditions.
“Stevenson concluded that vitamin B1 provides a factor necessary for clearing up neuritis efficiently – without which the condition would probably remain chronic.”
In other words – for many people there may be no other way to deal with the pain caused by neuritis other than boosting levels of vitamin B1.
In this research, the vitamin was given intramuscular injection. It’s a very efficient way of getting this nutrient where it needs to be.
But it’s not very convenient and it may be unnecessary.
More recent research has shown that high doses of vitamin B1 force the nutrient into parts of the body that it would not otherwise normally reach…
…including into the nervous system where it has so many benefits.
Recent research into energetic and nervous system problems shows that 500mg of thiamine hydrochloride, 2 or 3 times per day…
…is as effective as injections of lower doses.
It’s also likely that fat-soluble forms of vitamin B1 like benfotiamine may be even more effective than oral thiamine hydrochloride at lower doses.
Side effects with thiamine are very rare – and many people notice a significant boost in energy when taking the supplement.
Thiamine is essential for carbohydrate metabolism…
…but these days many people eat refined carbohydrates which are completely devoid of thiamine – leading to a relative thiamine deficiency.
