Shingles

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Can I catch shingles from my son having had the chicken pox vaccine? Feeling awful and have a rash down one side of my body.

I believe so. Nip down the chemist and ask for them to take a look.

Yes. Although you haven’t ‘caught’ it, the virus lies dormant in your body and can flare up when your immune system is low. Get yourself seen today, urgent care or walk in centre, you ideally need to start the antivirals for shingles within the first few days.

Missed that your dc had the vaccine and not chicken pox! Still sounds very like shingle, get seen today.

I heard nhs won’t give vaccine to under 70 .
i went to private and beg with money to pay . The private said sorry not for under 50 .

@Candyfloss2 Shingles or chicken pox?

Shingles —-cold sores on face lips and chin

You cannot catch shingles from chickenpox. Shingles is activated by stress from chickenpox which has been dormant in the body. For instance, l had it when my oldest child was three months old and I had had a very difficult birth and needed follow-up appointments. My gp told me this then. Another gp reiterated this when my second child came out with shingles when he was six. Both doctors told me that you can, however, catch chickenpox from shingles. This proved true in our family as our youngest child caught chickenpox from their older sibling’s shingles.

@Candyfloss2 I was talking about the chicken pox vaccine that you can pay for privately for any age.

@Violinist64 Thank you. That's what I thought. Just a complete coincidence then! I hope he doesn't catch cp from me before the vaccine kicks in!

You dont catch shingles from anyone. Shingles is a reactivation of chickenpox that you've had in the past. You can catch chicken pox from shingles but not shingles from chicken pox

Shingles will only pass on chicken pox through contact with the fluid from shingles blisters so if you keep them covered he should be OK.

You could see about getting antivirals for shingles

Shingles can appear anywhere on the body and follows the line of a nerve. Generally affects one side at a time

I am confused :
so chicken box —- shingles ( lots cold sores on 1 side more than 3-5 at a time )

cold sore —- contagious —- cold sore.

chicken pox —— contagious —- chickenpox

Right ?

i am gutted why they don’t sell under 50 Shingles vaccine . Unless side effect ?

I had chicken pox
I had chicken pox vaccine after chicken pox .
i have had cold sore before and after chicken pox vaccine .

i just had 5 cold sore on my chin and lips during period .

which I think it’s shingles

@Candyfloss2 That just sounds like normal cold sores?

That's herpes simplex not zoster (shingles)

That's weird this thread coming up today. I'm 70 and had a text from the doctors today to go in for the shingles vaccine. Do you think I should have it ?

Yes. fIL had shingles twice, very painful.

i am gutted why they don’t sell under 50 Shingles vaccine . Unless side effect ?

In the UK its only offered to people aged 70 to 79 as it's been found to be not effective in younger and older people:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/shingles-vaccination/

@jamdan21
i would jump on the offer

Thankyou I'll book my appointment. I've just googled shingles and it looks awful.

@Candyfloss2 but it sounds like you are getting cold sores, not shingles. Sounds like there isn't a vaccine for cold sores yet, but hope for one in the future.

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Gp gives out anti virus prescription easily here ? I heard in EU much easier than here.

I'm 70 and had a text from the doctors today to go in for the shingles vaccine. Do you think I should have it ?

I've had shingles twice, 25 years apart. I'll be queuing to get the vaccine when I'm eligible!

My first time was mild, my second was thoroughly miserable (but bearable). A colleague had it in his eyes which doesn't bear thinking about

GP gives out anti virus prescription easily here

Yes, they do but the anti-virals need to be taken quickly for them to be effective.