To say, shingles vaccines!

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user109876543 · 12/04/2025 12:26

As a public service announcement.

Get them if you're of an age, and encourage any older parents or relatives to get them.

Not only do they protect against the nightmare of shingles, but there is now good evidence they have a protective effect against dementia.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03201-5

The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia - Nature Medicine

A natural experiment including more than 200,000 people who received a shingles vaccine reveals that, within 6 years of vaccination, the recombinant vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia than is the live vaccine.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03201-5?error=cookies_not_supported&code=4d098915-3795-42c2-9c6d-fe3881e0a4a2

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Poppyseeds79 · 12/04/2025 12:30

It says the live vaccine is... Which is also now phased out in the UK

DisplayPurposesOnly · 12/04/2025 12:29

I've had shingles twice. Not even badly but it was bloody miserable and sore. Had a colleague who had it in his eyes - unbearable, don't even want to think about it. Will be knocking on the door when I'm eligible!

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