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Shingles vaccination

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Nansypansy Sat 06-Dec-14 07:15:11

I have been contacted by my surgery and invited to have a shingles vaccination - has anyone had one and are there any side effects?

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crun Thu 11-Dec-14 12:26:36

I didn't know there was a shingles vaccine. I didn't get chicken pox till I was 30, so hopefully I'll be just as late getting shingles.

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FlicketyB Fri 12-Dec-14 07:49:07

The shingles vaccination is being rolled out over several years. Starting in September 2013, everyone 70 or 79 on 1 September each year is offered the chance to have the jab. With a 70th birthday in August 2013 I got the jab last Autumn. DH, a month younger than me, had to wait until this year.

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rosequartz Fri 12-Dec-14 10:08:07

crun you may not ever get shingles, not everyone does. Some people get it when they are very young. However, the nasty little varicella-zoster virus will sit there quietly and then catch you out, particularly if you are run-down, stressed or your immune system is low.

They vaccinate children against chicken pox in Australia; I don't know why they don't do it here as presumably it would avoid the nastiness of shingles as well.

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