Gifts of oranges in fruit baskets to those suffering from shingles can reduce the impact of blisters and scars on their bodies. Shingles, a virus, also known as the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), causes chickenpox. This virus can lie dormant in your body for years without causing any problems. But, in situations where you are very stressed and exhausted, it can attack the cells of your body. When you are under attack, you will feel pain in your body and that can last for a day before the blisters start to appear. However, after the blisters are gone, the pain may persist. The chickenpox virus causes an itchy red rash to form on the face and torso, which can also spread to other parts of the body.

When I was a child, the rest of my family had chickenpox. I was saved because I was away from home most of the time attending school. I only came home to sleep at night and since my room was away from my other brothers and sisters, I had little contact with them.

Years later, after I got married, my son had a chickenpox attack when he was 5 years old. Eventually I had a chickenpox attack too since I was at home with him doing parental duties. I developed burning and itching pains all over my body along with a strong fever that kept me bedridden for a few days. Within a week, my burning sensations and fever disappeared, but my body began to experience strange tingling sensations in localized areas of my body.

This tingling effect wouldn’t go away until a colleague of the CFO asked me why I was absent from work. I related my problems to him and he told me I had shingles. He advised me to quit work immediately and buy a gallon of 100% pure Florida orange juice. He said he should drink two glasses of juice as soon as he got it. He recommended that I drink 2 glasses every two hours thereafter until the juice runs out. Later, the gift fruit baskets of oranges that my brother delivered to my house also served me well.

I knew I had the chickenpox virus, but the strange sensations in the muscles in the chest area puzzled me. My colleague also told me that chickenpox could kill adults if they weren’t exposed to the virus as children. I followed his instructions and drank the juice as directed and the tingling sensations were gone the next morning. I finished drinking the gallon of orange juice the next day.

Later, I found out that I had blisters on some parts of my body, but these blisters were hardly noticeable. My friend and colleague said I was lucky because the blisters could have been worse if I had delayed consuming the orange juice. From the feedback you gave me, I understood that I could have had a lot more blisters and scars. I was grateful that my skin condition was not bad.

Further research led me to learn that many people who do not act in a timely manner to take the necessary steps to treat chickenpox can have hundreds or even thousands of horrible scars all over their bodies. These scars don’t go away. They stay with you for life. I have seen many adults who were attacked by chickenpox with horrible scars on their faces.

So if chickenpox strikes, have some orange juice and drink a lot. I learned that the high vitamin C content, along with other vitally needed nutrients in oranges, were responsible for eliminating the strange tingling sensations.

There are other recommended natural remedies for shingles. One of them is to eat a diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables regularly to build a healthy immune system. You should also include vitamin B12 in your diet. An alternative would be to take vitamin supplements as a secondary source. Now is the time to present your fruit basket gifts to your favorite person to promote a healthier lifestyle.