-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Anderegg [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:57 AM
To: 'Katherine Lilleskov'
Subject: RE: unilateral breast pain

Kathy,
I don't know if the pain is positional or not, but physical exam can elicit
exquisite pain along the dermatome.  Sometimes a PCR is done (DNA test) for
diagnosis.  Sometimes the lesions appear after the prodrome and can be
cultured.  For both of my friends I gave them ComfortGel pads to wear and
they said it greatly relieved the symptoms (pain and itching).  They both
took Acyclovir too.   Hope this helps.
Linda

http://www.emedicine.com/NEURO/topic390.htm


-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Lilleskov [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; Linda Anderegg, BSN, RNC, IBCLC
Subject: Re: unilateral breast pain

Thanks Linda,
Shingles  had actually occurred to me. Two questions:
1) Is the pain positional with shingles
2) In the absence of lesions how do you diagnose it - if I sent her back  
  to her OB what suggestion could I include in re detective work?
Kathy

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