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Should someone who has already had shingles get the shingles vaccine?
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∙ 13y ago
The vaccine can help you avoid getting shingles again. It is usually recommended for people over 60. So, yes! Once you've had it, you don't want to get it again.
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No, because vaccines give the person a small dose of the specific disorder in order for their body to become immune to it. So your just adding to the disorder.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoyes you should because once you get it, it keeps coming back.
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Should you get shingles vaccine when you have shingles?
Yes, shingles vaccine is recommended for patients 60 and over whether they remember having chickenpox or not (see related link). You still could get shingles even if you don't remember having chickenpox.
Can you get shingles from someone if you already had chickenpox?
First, you can't "catch shingles" from someone. You can get chickenpox from someone who has shingles, but only if two things are true:You have direct contact with the weeping shingles lesions; ANDYou have not had chickenpox or chickenpox vaccine in the past.You can't get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you are immune. You can't get it from being in the same room with them, either. A person with shingles can go about normal activities, including all work or school, as long as the lesions are covered.
If you are vaccinated against chickenpox can you still get shingles?
No, there is no reason to get chickenpox vaccine if you've had shingles. You should talk with your health care provider about shingles vaccine.
Does shingles to the right side of head is very painful and tender to touch?
That is very unfortunate to have shingles of any branch of the trigeminal nerve. Shingles vaccine should be given at very economical cost to the elderly, who has already given so much to the society. By no stretch of imagination, you can have large cost of manufacturing the shingles vaccine.
How often should you get a shingles shot?
You should have the vaccine as an older adult if you had chicken pox as a child. Before shingles appear.
Should a child get a second chickenpox vaccine if he developed shingles a few years after the initial vaccine for chickenpox was given?
Current recommendations are for two doses of chickenpox vaccine, regardless of the history of chickenpox or shingles.
Does Michigan medicaid cover shingles vaccine?
It should. If it doesn't, it is not expensive.
Are there any side effects from shingles vaccine?
Shingles, a painful rash caused by the same agent that causes chicken pox, varicella zoster virus (VZV), commonly occurs in people over 50 who have not previously had chicken pox. If you had a vaccine for shingles (Herpes Zoster) accidentally, or after a possible but undiagnosed case of shingles, there should be little risk of problems, since all the vaccine does is promote production of antibodies, which that person would already have from having had shingles (or chicken pox). If in doubt, call your doctor.
Is there a vaccination for shingles?
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.
Is shingles contaigous?
Yes, in a way. It is caused by the virus which causes Chicken Pox, and someone susceptible to Chicken Pox can get that from someone with Shingles. But if you've already had Chicken Pox, you won't catch Shingles. It's an opportunistic virus hiding out in your nervous system just waiting for your immune system to give it a chance. And if you've had the Chicken Pox vaccine, you should not be susceptible to either one.
Is it safe for a pregnant woman to work with shingles despite having chickenpox?
Shingles is not contagious -- it can't be "caught" from someone else. People with shingles can give you chickenpox if you haven't had it. See related link below for information on transmitting shingles
Do you need to stay away from children if you receive a shingles shot?
I've heard that you should not be around children or pregnant women for 4 weeks after receiving the shingles vaccine - is that true?
