shingles vaccine

Shingles Vaccine

by Gemita - 2022-03-17 17:23:13

Hello Athena, hope you are doing well.  Both my husband and I have had a shingles vaccine in the last couple of years.  We both had pacemakers at the time.  We had it as a single dose and only had sore arms I recall for a few days.  It is particularly recommended for the over 70s in the UK but I think you are much younger?

I attach a link giving some information about Shingles and the vaccines available for us in the UK.  Have a read, it gives good information.  I would be guided by your doctors as to whether you take it up if you are younger than 50.  I believe the vaccine has only been tested in adults over age 50?

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/shingles-vaccination/

Shingles

by AgentX86 - 2022-03-17 18:38:41

My wife has had shingles twice, once after being vaccinated.  As bad as shingles is, her reaction to the vaccine wasn't a lot better. She tends to have bad reactions to vaccinations (covid included).

Shingles Vaccine (Shingrex)

by Julros - 2022-03-17 22:10:30

I had shingles once, and it came very close to my eye, which was scary. I did have the 2 dose Shingrex a couple of years ago, pre-pacer. My arm got pretty sore, and after dose 2, I got a few bumps around the injection site, otherwise, I felt fine. 

During my 30+ year career in nursing, I saw many cases of diseminated (full body) shingles. I did see a case that affected the eye, and the ophthalmologist had to peel the eyelid off of the cornea, to keep it from scarring in place. That convinced me that I would take any shot that would protect me from that. And the pain that can linger after the rash clears, called post-herpetic neuralgia is awful and hard to control.