And if you do get shingles you may.
Can you get shingles even if you ve had the vaccine.
A vaccine called zostavax reduces the likelihood of developing shingles by 51 percent.
If you don t remember having had chickenpox should you get the shingles vaccine.
It does not go along my ribs.
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.
If you have shingles right now you should wait until the rash is gone before you get vaccinated.
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.
My husband said because i had the shingles vaccine didn t mean that i would not get them.
If you had shingles in the past you can get shingrix to help prevent future occurrences of the disease.
I just pray it is not cancer of any kind.
Zostavax is a live vaccine given as a single injection usually in the upper arm.
Even if you have had shingles you can still receive shingles vaccine to help prevent future occurrences of the disease.
Are not sure if you had chickenpox.
Yes even though people must have had chickenpox years ago in order to get shingles which are caused by the same virus.
Thank you for responding to my question.
You may get the shingrix vaccine even if you ve already had shingles.
You should also get it if you don t know if you had.
It s important to note that you should also get shingrix even if you had zostavax the older shingles vaccine dr.
Shingrix is a nonliving vaccine made of a virus component.
It would just be easier on me.
It may help prevent you having another bout of shingles later on.
Also consider getting the shingrix vaccine if you ve had the zostavax vaccine or if you don t know whether you ve had chickenpox.
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.
My right breast is starting to itch.
You should get shingrix even if in the past you.
Kmama thank you so much for your input.
