Some people report a chickenpox like rash after getting the shingles vaccine.
Can you get shingles after having chickenpox vaccine.
It s given in two doses with two to six months between doses.
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A weakened immune system is the main factor associated with getting shingles because it allows.
Even if you have had shingles you can still receive shingles vaccine to help prevent future occurrences of the disease.
The most common side effects of either shingles vaccine are redness pain tenderness swelling and itching at the injection site and headaches.
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.
It s not really surprising that you got shingles after being vaccinated.
Although chickenpox vaccines do contain a weakened version of the live virus which can reactivate later in life and cause shingles this is very rare he said.
Of people in the united states born before 1980 have had chickenpox and have vzv in their bodies.
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.
You can get shingrix whether or not you remember having had chickenpox in the past.
If you ve never had chickenpox you won t get shingles from someone who has it but you could get chickenpox.
No vaccine is 100 percent effective and while childhood vaccinations get close the shingles.
There is no specific length of time that you need to wait after having shingles before you can receive shingrix but generally you should make sure the shingles rash has gone away before getting vaccinated.
Exposure to the chicken pox virus can come from a natural chicken pox infection or from getting vaccinated against chicken pox as it is a live attenuated vaccine varivax so no getting the chicken pox vaccine will not prevent you from later getting shingles.
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus.
