Herpes

Pollycat

ska_lover wrote: »

I don't see a post by that user name PollyCat

Because it's been removed.
It was blatant advertising.
I've now deleted my post that referred to it.

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sillyvixen wrote: »

My brother had a bells palsy nearly 4 years ago, he said he had had a sore ear and throat all day, but while we were round at my dad's for his birthday, my brother started complaining of a sore eye and blurred vision. Dad's not big on lighting so I turned on the main light and got my brother to stand under it. The whole of one side of his face was droopy, the reason for the discomfort and blurred Vision was he could not blink fully and his eye was drying out. As my brother has a full beard the face droop was not apparent unless you looked really closely. Dad panicked about a stroke, whilst I calmly used his home phone to call 111. We got him seen by the out of hours Dr who diagnosed shingles in his ear and throat that had spread to his facial nerve.

If he had a drop to one side of his face you really should have called 999 in case it really was a stroke. 111 should have sent an ambulance too!

Pollycat

onwards&upwards wrote: »

If he had a drop to one side of his face you really should have called 999 in case it really was a stroke. 111 should have sent an ambulance too!

BP only affects the face.
If the limbs on the affected side are working, it's probably not a stroke.
But as the advert says "act FAST'.

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Pollycat wrote: »

BP only affects the face.
If the limbs on the affected side are working, it's probably not a stroke.
But as the advert says "act FAST'.

The advice is that if someone has any one of the symptoms to call 999 straightaway. The limb problems can start later, when my granddad had a small stroke his arms weren’t affected at all. Getting him to hospital fast and starting him on the right tablets may well have saved him from having a bigger stroke.

Just not worth the risk, even if it’s a small risk.

Pollycat

onwards&upwards wrote: »

The advice is that if someone has any one of the symptoms to call 999 straightaway. The limb problems can start later, when my granddad had a small stroke his arms weren’t affected at all. Getting him to hospital fast and starting him on the right tablets may well have saved him from having a bigger stroke.

Just not worth the risk, even if it’s a small risk.

Which is why I said:

Pollycat wrote: »

But as the advert says "act FAST'.

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Pollycat wrote: »

Which is why I said:

Am I allowed to post extra after you have spoken?

Pollycat

onwards&upwards wrote: »

Am I allowed to post extra after you have spoken?

Why would you think you're not?
Are you trying to be argumentative?
I thought my post intimated that I agreed with your point that it's not worth the risk.
I regret that you seem to have taken it in a way it wasn't intended.

I was reiterating the FAST message.

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Pollycat wrote: »

Why would you think you're not?

Ok good, thanks.

keith969

My ex was always on the Zovirax - mouth type. It was not catching (at least for me).

Pollycat

keith969 wrote: »

My ex was always on the Zovirax - mouth type. It was not catching (at least for me).

It is contagious.
You should not kiss anyone whilst you have a cold sore and should be careful about sharing anything that comes into contact with a cold sore.