Reaction to Shingles Vaccine

[rickm]

I think I'd get the vax. If it doesn't work you really haven't lost anything. From what I've heard from others, shingles suck big time.

The doc i see usually gives me a priscribtion of some anti inflamatory meds and some steriods and in less than 12 hours all the pain is gone. when i started getting them it was every 3 months then it went to twice a year and they kept spacing out further apart and i know it has been 2 maybe 3 years since the last accurance. Funny it may just be cause im no longer working for someone else now days and havent for the last 3 years.

 

[hunter966]

I took both shots, the first one was rough. Sore arm, achey body similar to the flu.

Second shot wasn’t as bad but still had a way sore arm.

 

[dennishoddy]

I think I'd get the vax. If it doesn't work you really haven't lost anything. From what I've heard from others, shingles suck big time.

My mom got shingles around her waist. She said it was the most painful thing she had ever experienced.
According to the TV ads, 90% of anyone over 50 yrs old has the shingles virus in their body already waiting for the day to start.

 

[rickm]

I started getting them before i was 40.

 

[Thorgrim]

I had flu like symptoms from both shots, 1-2 days or so.

 

[Letfreedomring]

My mom got shingles around her waist. She said it was the most painful thing she had ever experienced.
According to the TV ads, 90% of anyone over 50 yrs old has the shingles virus in their body already waiting for the day to start.

According to tv ads everyone has aids, psoriasis, type 2 diabetes, Tardive dyskinesia, and mental health disorders and Pfizer has a fix for all of it.

Seriously though, shingles is just the chickenpox virus resurfacing so if you've had chickenpox then there's a chance for shingles flare-up.

 

[dennishoddy]

According to tv ads everyone has aids, psoriasis, type 2 diabetes, Tardive dyskinesia, and mental health disorders and Pfizer has a fix for all of it.

Seriously though, shingles is just the chickenpox virus resurfacing so if you've had chickenpox then there's a chance for shingles flare-up.

I think most that have been around for awhile have had or been exposed to chicken pox, so their claim may have some validity, but I get your point.

 

[dennishoddy]

I started getting them before i was 40.

I have a friend in his early 40's that got a case of shingles over his right eye. He said it was very painful.

 

[Buzzdraw]

I did the 2 injection Shingrix vacination about 1.5 years ago. Only side effect was mild site tenderness and perhaps a little yuck feeling for a couple hours.

One wants to avoid shingles. My 25 year old stepson had it for around 3 weeks. Brought on by stress I think. Thigh and abdomen. Downright painful and limited range of meds that do anything for it.

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

So it seems the shingles vax reactions are sorta like the Taco Bell dinner plate...........your either OK with it or it tears you a new azz.