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Side Effects of Shingles Vaccine
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 8, 2023 | Replies (136)Comment receiving replies
The stories here are enlightening and though some are terrible, I feel better knowing I'm not the only person who has vertigo symptoms and has wondered if this was "awakened" by something like a vaccine. I had the shingles vaccine a long time ago, years before I was "allowed" to but lots of people around me were contracting the virus and I thought I should get the shot. Nothing strange happened but now I'm older and am being told I need this or that kind of vaccine, and I am very hesistant because of the vertigo I've had for the last 6 years that comes and goes. I already have and the tinnitus and hearing loss and assorted other things. I know shingles is awful. Should I get a vaccine or not? I don't know how to determine the correct answer for me. My doctor is a vaccine pusher and I am not sold.
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Two separate vaccines for Shingles. I received both kinds; the latest, Zingrix in 2 parts. All this business of reactions to vaccines is a crapshoot, because no one knows in advance if they're the exception to the one size fits all approach to mass vaccination. The best approach to this question is: Know your body, pay attention to what works
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You mention "lots of people were contracting the virus" . Of course, such individuals had Chicken Pox when they were young - 99% of people over a certain age have had chicken pox. It is a virus that stays in your body and Shingles is a reactivation of the Chicken Pox virus in the form of a painful rash. Your immune system weakens with age so it is easier for the virus to reactivate. That is why the new vaccine is recommended to older people and now covered by Medicare.
If you are having issues with vertigo, have you seen an ENT specialist? They are the ones to deal with that. I had issue and they discovered I had something called Third Window syndrome.
Regarding whether one should get or not get an approved vaccine, one needs to consider the risk of the illness against the risk of any potential side effect from a vaccine. For vast majority of people, the vaccine is the wise thing to do.
I got the Shingrix vaccine and only had a sore arm. I found hot bath to help that. My friend got shingles on the face over the eye and it was very painful and dangerous for the eye.