Can You Get Shingles Even If You Have Had The Vaccine

Thank you for responding to my question.

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

A shingles vaccine can reduce the chances of a recurrence cutting the risk by 51. Also consider getting the shingrix vaccine if you ve had the zostavax vaccine or if you don t know whether you ve had chickenpox. Zostavax is a live vaccine given as a single injection usually in the upper arm. Shingrix is a nonliving vaccine made of a virus component.

And for those who get shingles anyway the vaccine cuts the risk for lingering nerve pain by 67 percent. I just pray it is not cancer of any kind. My husband said because i had the shingles vaccine didn t mean that i would not get them. The cdc says that doctors need not ask patients if they ever had chickenpox or test for antibodies to it before giving them the shingles vaccine.

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. Are not sure if you had chickenpox. There s a new and improved shingles vaccine shingrix which is approved for people ages 50 and over even for those who received thefirst shingles vaccine zostavax. And if you do get shingles you may.

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. It s important to note that you should also get shingrix even if you had zostavax the older shingles vaccine dr. You may get the shingrix vaccine even if you ve already had shingles. It may help prevent you having another bout of shingles later on.

There is no maximum age for getting shingrix. Shingles can strike twice or rarely even a third time. If you have shingles right now you should wait until the rash is gone before you get vaccinated. If you had shingles in the past you can get shingrix to help prevent future occurrences of the disease.

Kmama thank you so much for your input. You should get shingrix even if in the past you. Even if they don t remember having had chickenpox they should still get the shingles vaccine it wouldn t give them chickenpox. My right breast is starting to itch.

Even if you have had shingles you can still receive shingles vaccine to help prevent future occurrences of the disease.