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You may or may not have noticed the number of commercials, on TV, describing Shingles - and how if, as a child you had Chickenpox, you already have the Shingles virus in you.
Having the virus doesn't mean that the disease will express itself. There needs to be a co-incidence of a rise in virus levels and diminished resistance in the body.
The thing is there is now, apparently, a vaccination one can get against Shingles. Get it.
I have a friend who is dealing with the effects of Shingles right now. It has settled into her right thigh. It is sensitive to touch - to the point of being VERY painful. Her leg is weakened. She fell the other day as she stood up from sitting in a chair.
This has been going on for two weeks and her Doctor says it's impossible to say how much longer it will go on.
There's no need to suffer with Shingles - and, of course, there are so many different ways that Shingles can affect a person - some FAR more serious than that which my friend has experienced.
If you're anywhere in your 40's or 50's or (like me) 60's, or UP - get the shot. Protect yourself.
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My 80 something Mom got shingles last year. She started itching and it took almost a year, with multiple visits to several doctors, creams, lotions, pills, all kinds of stuff, for the itching to subside.
I am getting the shingles vac next time I go to the doctor.
My dad and MIL both have had shingles... it's horrible. Where chicken pox itch, shingles is intensely painful. Get the vaccine.
Great info! I am going to ask my doctor next visit for a shot!!
I got my shot last year - doc made me wait until I was 61. Yeah, I don't know why the odd age, but . . . OUCH!!! My arm swelled up (almost typed SWOLL up -heh) and it was a burning, PAINFUL itch for several days. I canNOT imagine having that elsewhere/all over my body. My grandmother and a sister-in-law both had shingles and they were miserable.
Indeed - GET THE SHOT!!! (and hope your insurance pays for it)
It doesn't make sense that a vaccination for shingles would protect you _after_ you have the chicken pox...
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