It may help prevent you having another bout of shingles later on.
Can you get shingles even if you got the vaccine.
Shingrix provides strong protection against shingles and phn.
It would just be easier on me.
I just pray it is not cancer of any kind.
My right breast is starting to itch.
In 2017 a second vaccine known as shingrix rzv was approved.
It lowers your chances of getting shingles by about 50 and your odds of long term nerve damage by about 67.
Although it s uncommon you can get shingles more than once.
Although some people will develop shingles despite vaccination the vaccine may reduce the severity and duration of it.
Most people who get shingrix experience only mild side effects.
If you don t remember having had chickenpox should you get the shingles vaccine.
The most common side effects of either shingles vaccine are redness pain tenderness swelling and itching at the injection site and headaches.
Some people report a chickenpox like rash after getting the shingles vaccine.
Even if you have had shingles you can still receive shingles vaccine to help prevent future occurrences of the disease.
Thank you for responding to my question.
Protection stays above 85 for at least the first four years after you get vaccinated.
My husband said because i had the shingles vaccine didn t mean that i would not get them.
Shingrix is the preferred vaccine over zostavax zoster vaccine live a shingles vaccine in use since 2006.
There is no specific length of time you must wait after having shingles before receiving shingles vaccine but generally you should make sure the shingles rash has disappeared before getting vaccinated.
In addition you should get the shingrix vaccine even if you already got the zostavax vaccine although you should wait at least eight weeks from the time you received zostavax to get the shingrix shot.
Kmama thank you so much for your input.
If you have shingles right now you should wait until the rash is gone before you get vaccinated.
That s because the chickenpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.
Zostavax may still be used to prevent shingles in healthy adults 60 years and older.
It does not go along my ribs.
It s not really surprising that you got shingles after being vaccinated.
Two doses of shingrix is more than 90 effective at preventing shingles and phn.
