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Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix): Is it advisable for transplant patients?
Transplants | Last Active: Jun 28, 2022 | Replies (111)Comment receiving replies
@hello1234 That's a good question. I wondered about that also but I read somewhere that the other vaccinations do provide immunity. Perhaps they provide less immunity but some immunity is better than none.
Transplant patients have always been advised to get flu shots so I presume that they must feel the flu shots do give us similar immunity from the flu that patients not on immunosuppressants get. I would love to see this answered by someone with real facts though.
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“Protective immunity to the flu virus is driven mainly by antibodies (Fig. 1) made by B cells.” - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02556-2#ref-CR2
There are different types of B cells. Including the memory ones from pretransplant day flue shots we have received. So, to me that seems to be our hope. But, I don’t see how getting the Covid vaccine or any additional vaccines will help those of us on immunosuppressants, since our bodies are now not producing B cells to repel viruses we are newly exposed to. 😷