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This is a very good question. Looks simple, but very difficult to answer. There is a vaccine available for shingles. You should take it, if you can afford the same, when you are older than forty years. You are already have virus in your posterior root ganglion. You are already immune to this virus. The vaccine gives you higher immunity. Shingles attack you only when your immunity is lowered down, probably. So this vaccine is not very effective. Also that, you do not know, which individual is going to be benefited by the vaccine. When you start the acyclovir and corticosteroids, early in shingles, the severity of the postherpatic neuralgia becomes very less. Again that can be managed by drug like carbamazepine, rather effectively. You can not recommend this vaccine for masses in developing countries, where children are dieing for lack of oral dehydration solution, which is quite inexpensive.
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∙ 13y agoThere is a vaccination for shingles.
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How do you prevent shingles?
to get a shingles vaccination ask ur doctor about the vaccination
Can you get shingles from your husband?
Assuming you have had chicken pox, or the vaccination, you can't get shingles from your husband.
What if a child has shingles and hasn't had chickenpox?
My son did not have chickenpox, he did receive a vaccination. He has been dx with shingles. The doctor explained that the vaccination is to blame. Apparently the vaccination lies dormant in the basal ganglia, the dermatomes in this area may become infected.
Will vaccination guarantee that I won't get shingles?
Shingles is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox. Symptoms include a . Prevention and Shingles Vaccine.
Does Blue Cross Blue Shield cover the cost of a shingles vaccination?
Es blue cross cover the cost of the shingles vaccine
Does Medicare provide coverage for the Zostavax Shingles vaccination for someone over 70, that had chicken pox and has fibromyalgia and 3 family members with shingles?
Medicare Part B does not cover the shingles vaccine
What are the steps in getting a vaccine for shingles prevention?
First of all, it is recommended that you are age 60 or above. the Shingles prevention vaccine is a one-time vaccination. Talk to your healthcare professional about the Shingles vaccine.
Is shingles vaccination covered under ChampVA?
Does champva cover a shingles shot
Should people with auto immune disorders get the shingles vaccination?
Yes. You can go for all the vaccines.
Did you get vaccinated before you got chickenpox?
when I was small, they had no vaccine for chickenpox. I have to worry about shingles now. I did get a vaccination for that.
Have there been any reports of delayed shingles vaccination side effects?
Shingles is an illness resulting from the same virus that causes Chicken Pox. Serious reaction to this vaccination are extremely rare. Most, if they happen, are very mild, and consist of redness and itching at the site of innoculation.
Is shingles a virus or bacteria?
Shingles virus is commonly known as chichken pox virus. When chicken pox virus stays latent in the body(in the nervous system) and becomes reactivated after few years, it is referred to as shingles. Shingles occurring in adults has more complications than chicken pox.
