I had the mildest case of shingles a couple of months after I got my shingles vaccine finished.
Someone else I know had a bad case of shingles, they said they wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
If you’ve had chicken pox, definitely go get the shingles vaccine. If you’re “of a certain age,” you probably didn’t get the chicken pox vaccine when you were younger, because it wasn’t introduced in the US for widespread use until 1995. If you did get the chicken pox vaccine, and haven’t had chicken pox, you still have a risk of developing shingles later on, although that risk is greatly reduced.
I really wish the NIH or CDC would do an ad campaign for “Shingles vax is great if you’re over 50, but shingles can happen to younger people too. Learn to recognize these symptoms of shingles and get treatment right away!”
Yeah, good luck with that these days. But I did get shingles at 40, got treatment right away and the rash (on my face, associated with the dental -injection nerve) stayed smaller than a quarter and stayed away from my eye.
I agree. Sadly, we’ll have to look outside our country in the near future for these kind of medical notices. NIH and CDC are being gutted before our eyes.
Luckily mine’s pretty mild but I had no idea what was going on so when I got a weird rash and massively swollen lymph node on one side of my face I went to the doctor.
I had the mildest case of shingles a couple of months after I got my shingles vaccine finished.
Someone else I know had a bad case of shingles, they said they wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
If you’ve had chicken pox, definitely go get the shingles vaccine. If you’re “of a certain age,” you probably didn’t get the chicken pox vaccine when you were younger, because it wasn’t introduced in the US for widespread use until 1995. If you did get the chicken pox vaccine, and haven’t had chicken pox, you still have a risk of developing shingles later on, although that risk is greatly reduced.
They won’t let you get it until you’re 50 yo. I’ve had multiple friends under 50 get it and be wrecked by it.
I really wish the NIH or CDC would do an ad campaign for “Shingles vax is great if you’re over 50, but shingles can happen to younger people too. Learn to recognize these symptoms of shingles and get treatment right away!”
Yeah, good luck with that these days. But I did get shingles at 40, got treatment right away and the rash (on my face, associated with the dental -injection nerve) stayed smaller than a quarter and stayed away from my eye.
I agree. Sadly, we’ll have to look outside our country in the near future for these kind of medical notices. NIH and CDC are being gutted before our eyes.
Sorry, sentence structure…were your friends under 50 wrecked by shingles, or the shingles vaccine?
Wrecked by Shingles. I’d love to get the vaccine right now to avoid what they went through.
Just gotta make it 4 more years (damn).
Luckily mine’s pretty mild but I had no idea what was going on so when I got a weird rash and massively swollen lymph node on one side of my face I went to the doctor.