Can You Get Shingles Even If You Got The Vaccine

Shingrix is the preferred vaccine over zostavax zoster vaccine live a shingles vaccine in use since 2006.

Can you get shingles even if you got the vaccine.

I just pray it is not cancer of any kind. Even if you have had shingles you can still receive shingles vaccine to help prevent future occurrences of the disease. 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.

If you don t remember having had chickenpox should you get the shingles vaccine. Although it s uncommon you can get shingles more than once. Thank you for responding to my question. If you have shingles right now you should wait until the rash is gone before you get vaccinated.

Kmama thank you so much for your input. That s because the chickenpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine. Yes even though people must have had chickenpox years ago in order to get shingles which are caused by the same virus. Two doses of shingrix is more than 90 effective at preventing shingles and phn.

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. You can get shingles if you have been vaccinated with the chickenpox vaccine even if you have never had a natural chickenpox infection though. 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. Although some people will develop shingles despite vaccination the vaccine may reduce the severity and duration of it.

It does not go along my ribs. Shingrix provides strong protection against shingles and phn. It lowers your chances of getting shingles by about 50 and your odds of long term nerve damage by about 67. My right breast is starting to itch.

Most people who get shingrix experience only mild side effects. In 2017 a second vaccine known as shingrix rzv was approved. My husband said because i had the shingles vaccine didn t mean that i would not get them. No vaccine is 100 percent effective and while childhood vaccinations get close the shingles vaccine only cuts the risk.

It s not really surprising that you got shingles after being vaccinated. It may help prevent you having another bout of shingles later on.