RE: Shingles and Achalasia

[Guest guest]

Hi, folks!

I've found these discussions about possible markers/causes of achalasia

pretty interesting. I had shingles as a child (long enough ago, that it

was thought they were caused by inadequate hygiene), maybe 40 years ago?

I was just diagnosed with achalasia two months ago. I suppose there

could be a connection, though.

Havi

[Guest guest]

Sandy,

Yes you are correct about chicken pox and herpes and shingles,

they are all the same type of virus just different strains. Speaking of

school, mine just started Monday and it wasn’t fun getting them into a

new school system UGH!

C Warren

Co-Founder

www.achalasia.us

From: achalasia

[mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of toomuchclutter

Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:14 PM

achalasia

Subject: Shingles and Achalasia

Someone asked about

shingles and achalasia.... there are some older articles possibly linking

achalasia w/ herpes ( I assume all kinds, including chicken pox.) Isn't

shingles the flare up of the chicken pox virus? I haven't heard much

about this theory or checked it out any more.

Seems like when we

are initially diagnosed we are concerned about what caused it. After we

try to explain achalasia to friends and family and they come up w/ things like

fluoride you burn out about trying to find the cause. Everyone has some

theory and also some food suggestion you have already tried and

discarded. Finally you quit telling anyone about it. Perhaps this

is similar to the grieving process in some way.

I think most of us

think the doctors we see are pretty knowledgeable, and none of them has come up

with a cause. So when lay people come up w/ fluoride, for instance, I

wouldn't put much weight on their opinion. Seems like some research was

done years ago, but nothing really showed up except the herpes. But...

you can find an article that will tell you anything you want to hear also, so I

wouldn't put much weight on the herpes/chickenpox/shingles idea.

My pediatrician

discussed this issue as to whether the new chicken pox vaccine would later in

life trigger shingles or prevent shingles. He was hesitant to use it

until the school made him when it first came out. Time will tell.

Sandy in So Cal....

School clothes and supply shopping... YEAH....School should be year around and

wear their minds out physically and mentally. Any politician who comes up

with how to do that gets my vote. PS This is not meant to open up a

discussion, just sharing my thrill about sending them back to school in 3

weeks.