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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster and chicken pox are caused by the varicella-zoster virus. After
chicken pox heals the virus is stored in what are known as cranial nerve ganglion and can later reappear in a
different disease, shingles (herpes zoster). Shingles affects approximately 20% of persons sometime in their
lives. It is more common after 50 but can occur at any age. Pain may occur in the affected area for a day or
two before the skin gets red. Painful blisters develop which develop into crusts that fall off in 3 or 4 weeks.
The name “shingles” arose from the multiple overlapping dried crusts that looked somewhat like the pattern of
overlapping wood roof shingles. It occurs only on one side of the body, often on the trunk but sometimes on
the arm, leg or face. If it occurs in the eye special treatment is needed. Partial or total loss of vision can
result if shingles is not treated.
Shingles is much less contagious than chicken pox. A person who has never had chicken pox can catch
chicken pox if there is direct contact with the shingles blisters. Shingles cannot be passed from one person to
another because it must develop in someone who has had chicken pox earlier in life. An attack of shingles
does not confer immunity. A person can have shingles more than once.
The treatment for shingles or chicken pox in adults is the antiviral medicine acyclovir, famciclover or
valacyclovir for 7 to 10 days. It can also be given intravenously. It is important to treat as early as possible
because starting acyclovir after the third day of the development of skin blisters has questionable benefits.
After the skin blisters have disappeared sometimes post herpetic neuralgia can develop and last for weeks or
months. Post herpetic neuralgia is a painful condition that is difficult to treat. Treatment is with prednisone
and acyclovir and pain medicines.
There is now a vaccine to prevent chicken pox. It has not been determined if it will prevent shingles.
Patients in this office with shingles are prescribed the conventional therapy mentioned above. In addition they
are offered the option of a new treatment with intravenous vitamin C or Nambudripad Allergy Elimination
Technique (NAET). A copy of excerpts from a book on the treatment of viral diseases with vitamin C by
Thomas Levy, M.D. is provided. Dr. Levy is a cardiologist, internal medicine specialist and a lawyer. Dr.
Levy indicates that large doses of vitamin C intravenously can kill all viruses. A copy of excerpts of the book
by Dr. Levy is attached. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Indeed in our experience treating
shingles with intravenous vitamin C accelerates the recovery time.
Intravenous vitamin C should be given within the first few days after the skin lesions develop. Usually one or
two injections of intravenous vitamin C are sufficient to cure a case of shingles.
Pain of Post herpetic neuralgia may occur after the skin blisters and redness disappear. In this stage
intravenous vitamin C has not been effective in our experience. Prednisone and acyclovir have been used but
usually are not very helpful. We have used Russian Scenar technique with dramatic improvement in some
cases and of no help in others.
Shingles, Case Report: A Lady in her 70’s worked in her flower garden early one morning. Then she took a
nap. Around 10 a.m. she awakened with pain around her left eye and redness and some blisters on the skin
of her left forehead. She went to the hospital emergency room. A diagnosis of shingles was made. Fan vir
was prescribed and she was referred because concern of involvement of the left eye. Intravenous vitamin C
12,500 mg was administered. The inflammation resolved and no other treatment was needed.
Shingles: A lady age 49 had shingles with wide spread bright red painful skin lesion over the left side of the
back of her chest present for a week. She had had pain in that area for a week before the skin lesions
appeared or “broke out”. She was taking the customary Acyclovir medication prescribed for shingles.
A copy of excerpts from a book on the treatment of vial disease with vitamin C by Thomas Levy, M.D. was
given to her to read. She decided to have vitamin C therapy. She was given 12, 500 mg vitamin C
intravenously, which is the customary first dose. She was advised to take 2000 mg vitamin C every waking
hour by mouth. It was explained that when the body has more vitamin C than it needs, diarrhea will occur as
the indicator. Intravenous vitamin C does not cause diarrhea.
The following morning she reported that the pain subsided the previous day as she was driving home
following the intravenous vitamin C. She said she enjoyed a good night’s sleep without pain for the first time
in two weeks. The large bright red very tender skin lesion on the back of her chest had faded to a dull red
color and was much less tender to the touch. Vitamin C 50,000 mg was administered intravenously. She
was advised to note bowel dosage (diarrhea) as improvement of the condition required lesser amounts of
vitamin C by mouth. Indeed bowel dosage did occur that day and she decrease the oral dosage
appropriately.
The shingles then resolved.
SHINGLES TREATED WITH NAET
By Paul Honan, M.D.
At the annual summer Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) conference July 2000, I asked
Dr. Devi Nambudripad how to treat an acute shingles. I had not seen a new case for a while. Her reply,
“You have a herpes and also a shingles vial. Use them”. I could sense an air of disgust in her voice,
“Dummy, use what I have taught you”!
A few days later, orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Barth Conard, (also NAET trained) referred a new case of
shingles because it involved an eye. The 76-year-old lady presented a history of painful and red, elevated
lesions on her left forehead for two days, and the left eyelids were swollen closed. On examination, there
were six elevated red, very tender and painful lesions, 2-3 cm diameter on the left brow, forehead and scalp
and left side of the nose. She was mentally foggy and verbal responses were slow and lacked coherence,
probably due to a viremia (virus in the blood).
She was Neuromuscular Sensitivity Test (NST) positive when she touched the forehead lesions, with the
herpes test vial and also the shingles test vial and strongly positive to a combination of both vials.
She was treated with NAET using both vials. Following the treatment, NST to the two vials was negative.
Twenty-four hours later, the skin lesions were not painful and had reduced in size by two-thirds. The eyelid
swelling was greatly reduced. Her mental status was clear, lucid and normal. She was cheerful and reported
she had a good night’s sleep. NST was negative to the test vials.
That same day, an 86-year-old nursing home patient was examined. For three days, she had had a painful
right eye with the eyelids swollen closed and a 6 x 8 cm elevated red, very painful and tender lesion on her
right forehead. The bulbar conjunctiva was injected at a +2 or +3 level. The right cornea had multiple
epithelial filament lesions each approximately 0.5 mm diameter that prevented observing for cells in the
anterior chamber.
Her pitiful deformed fingers from rheumatoid arthritis made it necessary to use a surrogate to do MRT
testing. Her NST with the herpes and shingle vial was strongly positive.
She was treated with NAET using the herpes and the shingles vial combined. One day later the forehead
lesion was less painful. The skin lesion had lost its angry red color and was pale. There were fewer corneal
lesions. Again she was treated with NAET. Two days later when examined at the nursing home the skin
lesion on the forehead was not tender. The lesion was still elevated but was pale in color. The bulbar
conjunctiva was not injected. Another NAET treatment was administered. The corneal filaments
disappeared leaving a punctate corneal epitheliopathy, which cleared in about a week.
chicken pox heals the virus is stored in what are known as cranial nerve ganglion and can later reappear in a
different disease, shingles (herpes zoster). Shingles affects approximately 20% of persons sometime in their
lives. It is more common after 50 but can occur at any age. Pain may occur in the affected area for a day or
two before the skin gets red. Painful blisters develop which develop into crusts that fall off in 3 or 4 weeks.
The name “shingles” arose from the multiple overlapping dried crusts that looked somewhat like the pattern of
overlapping wood roof shingles. It occurs only on one side of the body, often on the trunk but sometimes on
the arm, leg or face. If it occurs in the eye special treatment is needed. Partial or total loss of vision can
result if shingles is not treated.
Shingles is much less contagious than chicken pox. A person who has never had chicken pox can catch
chicken pox if there is direct contact with the shingles blisters. Shingles cannot be passed from one person to
another because it must develop in someone who has had chicken pox earlier in life. An attack of shingles
does not confer immunity. A person can have shingles more than once.
The treatment for shingles or chicken pox in adults is the antiviral medicine acyclovir, famciclover or
valacyclovir for 7 to 10 days. It can also be given intravenously. It is important to treat as early as possible
because starting acyclovir after the third day of the development of skin blisters has questionable benefits.
After the skin blisters have disappeared sometimes post herpetic neuralgia can develop and last for weeks or
months. Post herpetic neuralgia is a painful condition that is difficult to treat. Treatment is with prednisone
and acyclovir and pain medicines.
There is now a vaccine to prevent chicken pox. It has not been determined if it will prevent shingles.
Patients in this office with shingles are prescribed the conventional therapy mentioned above. In addition they
are offered the option of a new treatment with intravenous vitamin C or Nambudripad Allergy Elimination
Technique (NAET). A copy of excerpts from a book on the treatment of viral diseases with vitamin C by
Thomas Levy, M.D. is provided. Dr. Levy is a cardiologist, internal medicine specialist and a lawyer. Dr.
Levy indicates that large doses of vitamin C intravenously can kill all viruses. A copy of excerpts of the book
by Dr. Levy is attached. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Indeed in our experience treating
shingles with intravenous vitamin C accelerates the recovery time.
Intravenous vitamin C should be given within the first few days after the skin lesions develop. Usually one or
two injections of intravenous vitamin C are sufficient to cure a case of shingles.
Pain of Post herpetic neuralgia may occur after the skin blisters and redness disappear. In this stage
intravenous vitamin C has not been effective in our experience. Prednisone and acyclovir have been used but
usually are not very helpful. We have used Russian Scenar technique with dramatic improvement in some
cases and of no help in others.
Shingles, Case Report: A Lady in her 70’s worked in her flower garden early one morning. Then she took a
nap. Around 10 a.m. she awakened with pain around her left eye and redness and some blisters on the skin
of her left forehead. She went to the hospital emergency room. A diagnosis of shingles was made. Fan vir
was prescribed and she was referred because concern of involvement of the left eye. Intravenous vitamin C
12,500 mg was administered. The inflammation resolved and no other treatment was needed.
Shingles: A lady age 49 had shingles with wide spread bright red painful skin lesion over the left side of the
back of her chest present for a week. She had had pain in that area for a week before the skin lesions
appeared or “broke out”. She was taking the customary Acyclovir medication prescribed for shingles.
A copy of excerpts from a book on the treatment of vial disease with vitamin C by Thomas Levy, M.D. was
given to her to read. She decided to have vitamin C therapy. She was given 12, 500 mg vitamin C
intravenously, which is the customary first dose. She was advised to take 2000 mg vitamin C every waking
hour by mouth. It was explained that when the body has more vitamin C than it needs, diarrhea will occur as
the indicator. Intravenous vitamin C does not cause diarrhea.
The following morning she reported that the pain subsided the previous day as she was driving home
following the intravenous vitamin C. She said she enjoyed a good night’s sleep without pain for the first time
in two weeks. The large bright red very tender skin lesion on the back of her chest had faded to a dull red
color and was much less tender to the touch. Vitamin C 50,000 mg was administered intravenously. She
was advised to note bowel dosage (diarrhea) as improvement of the condition required lesser amounts of
vitamin C by mouth. Indeed bowel dosage did occur that day and she decrease the oral dosage
appropriately.
The shingles then resolved.
SHINGLES TREATED WITH NAET
By Paul Honan, M.D.
At the annual summer Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) conference July 2000, I asked
Dr. Devi Nambudripad how to treat an acute shingles. I had not seen a new case for a while. Her reply,
“You have a herpes and also a shingles vial. Use them”. I could sense an air of disgust in her voice,
“Dummy, use what I have taught you”!
A few days later, orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Barth Conard, (also NAET trained) referred a new case of
shingles because it involved an eye. The 76-year-old lady presented a history of painful and red, elevated
lesions on her left forehead for two days, and the left eyelids were swollen closed. On examination, there
were six elevated red, very tender and painful lesions, 2-3 cm diameter on the left brow, forehead and scalp
and left side of the nose. She was mentally foggy and verbal responses were slow and lacked coherence,
probably due to a viremia (virus in the blood).
She was Neuromuscular Sensitivity Test (NST) positive when she touched the forehead lesions, with the
herpes test vial and also the shingles test vial and strongly positive to a combination of both vials.
She was treated with NAET using both vials. Following the treatment, NST to the two vials was negative.
Twenty-four hours later, the skin lesions were not painful and had reduced in size by two-thirds. The eyelid
swelling was greatly reduced. Her mental status was clear, lucid and normal. She was cheerful and reported
she had a good night’s sleep. NST was negative to the test vials.
That same day, an 86-year-old nursing home patient was examined. For three days, she had had a painful
right eye with the eyelids swollen closed and a 6 x 8 cm elevated red, very painful and tender lesion on her
right forehead. The bulbar conjunctiva was injected at a +2 or +3 level. The right cornea had multiple
epithelial filament lesions each approximately 0.5 mm diameter that prevented observing for cells in the
anterior chamber.
Her pitiful deformed fingers from rheumatoid arthritis made it necessary to use a surrogate to do MRT
testing. Her NST with the herpes and shingle vial was strongly positive.
She was treated with NAET using the herpes and the shingles vial combined. One day later the forehead
lesion was less painful. The skin lesion had lost its angry red color and was pale. There were fewer corneal
lesions. Again she was treated with NAET. Two days later when examined at the nursing home the skin
lesion on the forehead was not tender. The lesion was still elevated but was pale in color. The bulbar
conjunctiva was not injected. Another NAET treatment was administered. The corneal filaments
disappeared leaving a punctate corneal epitheliopathy, which cleared in about a week.
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