Can You Get Shingles Even If You Ve Had The Vaccine

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Can you get shingles even if you ve had the vaccine.

You may get the shingrix vaccine even if you ve already had shingles. If you don t remember having had chickenpox should you get the shingles vaccine. Kmama thank you so much for your input. Even though the vaccine is not always effective it still protects a lot of people since nearly one in three adults develops shingles during their lifetime.

If you have shingles right now you should wait until the rash is gone before you get vaccinated. It may help prevent you having another bout of shingles later on. Shingrix is a nonliving vaccine made of a virus component. And if you do get shingles you may.

You should also get it if you don t know if you had. You can still get shingles after being vaccinated just like with the flu but if you do the vaccine usually decreases the severity of the illness dr. Also consider getting the shingrix vaccine if you ve had the zostavax vaccine or if you don t know whether you ve had chickenpox. Yes even though people must have had chickenpox years ago in order to get shingles which are caused by the same virus.

I just pray it is not cancer of any kind. You should get shingrix even if in the past you. It does not go along my ribs. My right breast is starting to itch.

It s important to note that you should also get shingrix even if you had zostavax the older shingles vaccine dr. What meds treat and. Zostavax is a live vaccine given as a single injection usually in the upper arm. My husband said because i had the shingles vaccine didn t mean that i would not get them.

Even if you have had shingles you can still receive shingles vaccine to help prevent future occurrences of the disease. It would just be easier on me. Thank you for responding to my question. And for those who get shingles anyway the vaccine cuts the risk for lingering nerve pain by 67 percent.

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.