Have you ever had chicken pox? I didn't as a child, but I was a carrier, so I have the virus, which is one of the herpes viruses.
It seems to me to be the kind of pain that my hubby described when he had Shingles - the "second act" of chicken pox that usually happens in adulthood. Although I have yet to have any kind of a rash. Just wondering if I should still seek treatment for shingles, or if this is something unrelated, like maybe something to do with tick-borne infections????? It's all due to nerve inflammation I would guess, which is what Lyme causes as well.
I found this on WebMD:
www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/features/at-risk-for-shingles-and-postherpetic_neuralgia "...But that's not necessarily the end of the story of varicella infection. After a bout of chickenpox, our immune systems never completely eradicate the VZV virus. They just chase it into hiding. Varicella retreats into nerve cells deep under the skin, near the spine.
For most of us, VZV lies dormant inside our bodies throughout our lives, never causing further problems. In about
one-third of people, however, VZV infection has a second act. The virus emerges from hiding, travels along a nerve to the skin, and erupts in a bumpy, painful rash on one side of the body. This sneak attack is called herpes zoster, or shingles. (Varicella zoster virus belongs to the family of herpes viruses, but does not cause cold sores or genital herpes.) "....
Your thoughts, Springsjean?