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Shingles are caused by the chicken pox virus. If you had chicken pox as a child, you have the potential to have shingles later in life. The virus stays latent deep in nervous system tissue and then activates and produces the pain and skin eruptions known as shingles. We are not sure what causes the virus to go active again after decades but there is likely some initiating trigger. The flu shot would not cause shingles, however, each individual's response to drugs and medications can be different. Ask your doctor if, in your case, the immune response to the flu shot could have caused your outbreak of shingles. It is doubtful, but potentially not impossible. If that were the initiating event, it would not be that you "caught" shingles from the vaccine, it would be that the immune response to the vaccine might have triggered the chicken pox virus to reactivate and create shingles.
Lurline Lemke
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∙ 6y agoYes but if you have the shot you will get a MUCH milder case of it and far less painful and shorter lasting.
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How does a cortisone shot help a stroke victim?
How does a cortisone shot help a stroke victim?
Does a cortisone shot atay in your sysytem for 8 months 40 mg?
One cortisone shot at 40mg will not stay in you system for 8 months.
Can a cortisone shot slow menstruation?
Had the shot of cortisone in July, regular menses in August....next expected on 9-26...nothing as of yet on 10-10?????
Does getting a cortisone shot work faster on poison ivy than prednisone?
Very fast compared to the oral within 8 hours.
Can you take muscle relaxer before cortisone shot?
can
Can you drink after a cortisone shot?
Can I drink coffee before cortisone injection?
Do i have Shingles?
Shingles comes from having chickenpox in the past. It stays in your body and as you age it comes out as shingles. There is a shot for it.
Is shingles vaccine effective after shingles outbreak?
Can you take the shingles shot while having shingles
How is the shingles disease acquired?
Shingles comes from having chickenpox in the past. It stays in your body and as you age it comes out as shingles. There is a shot for it.
What kind of shot does Payson take in Make It or Break It?
Payson takes a cortisone shot to relieve the pain in her back
Can a cortisone shot make your period late?
yes cortisone shots can make you skip your period, and it can take up to 2 months for them to get straight again.
What shot do you have to get after getting the chickenpox?
There is no particular shot required for most people who have chickenpox. Those at risk for very serious disease may get IVIG. Those over 60 may get shingles vaccine.
