Indiana Pacers’ star Tyrese Haliburton revealed he recently gained 20 pounds after he was diagnosed with shingles eight weeks ago.
Tyrese revealed on Monday that he still has face shingles. He said he has taken botox and other medications, but nothing has worked.
“I would tell everybody over 50 years old to get the [shingles] shot, first of all,” Tyrese said in a video. “This has sucked. My dad had it during the Finals, on his stomach, and a lot of people will get it there. But mine has been on my face. I couldn’t even go in front of a camera if I wanted to early because my eye was basically closed shut, and it was all over my face.”
Tyrese said he lost part of his right eyebrow to shingles.
“They told me that I would be really itchy. I wasn’t itchy for the first two weeks. I just had a bad rash. Then, once the rash went away, the itching came, and it’s been miserable. Hence why every time you’ve seen me, I’ve been in glasses — just to not touch my face, really. Really, that’s the only reason I’ve been wearing them. I’ve lost part of my eyebrow. My eye is always swollen from itching it.”
He added, “I’ve had good days and bad days. But for the most part, it’s bad days… I’ve taken unbelievable amounts of medication to try to get rid of it. It hasn’t worked. It’s obviously caused me to gain weight [side effect of steroids medication].”
Tyrese is expected to be away from the team for about two to three weeks while he recovers.
#Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton “lost part my eyebrow” due to face shingles:
“I’ve been taking unbelievable amounts of medication to try to get rid of it. It hasn’t worked. It’s obviously caused me to gain weight … That’s been a topic of conversation through social media …” pic.twitter.com/nRSpgnzjm6
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Shingles is a form of herpes characterized by a painful skin rash and blisters that usually effects older people. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once chickenpox resolves, the virus stays in your body for the rest of your life. Years later, the virus may reoccur as shingles.
Shingles doesn’t effect everyone who has had chickenpox.
The rash occurs as a wide path of blisters on the left or right side of the face or torso. Sometimes the shingles rash occurs around one eye or on one side of the neck or face. There may be tingling or pain in the area days before the rash appears.
Shingles is not contagious or life-threatening, but it is very painful. The most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia that causes pain for a long time after shingles blisters have cleared.
Early treatment may shorten a shingles infection and lessen the chance of complications. Treatment includes antiviral medication, steroids to reduce pain and inflammation, botox injections to relieve nerve pain, and analgesics for pain.
The herpes zoster vaccine reduces the incidence of shingles.
Shingles signs and symptoms include:
Some people may also experience:
