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I actually got shingles 2 days after flu vaccination in 2017. I had chicken pox twice as a kid and the common idea (old wives' tale?) at that time was if you go
by jimmygrapes 4y ago
I actually got shingles 2 days after flu vaccination in 2017. I had chicken pox twice as a kid and the common idea (old wives' tale?) at that time was if you got chicken pox you wouldn't get shingles. I don't know that the vaccine contributed or not, but it's an odd coincidence. Luckily it was a mild case handled by amoxicillin.
- rawicki 4y agoIt’s actually the other way around. Going through chicken pox as a kid increases the chance to have a shingles as it is caused by the same virus being dormant in your body. When infected the first time you can have chicken pox as an adult. Amoxicillin is an antibiotic and can be given for the risk of opportunistic infections but it doesn’t treat a viral disease by itself.
- jimmygrapes 4y agoGood to know! I suspected that was the case since it is a variant of herpes, dormant in most cases but with the potential to reassert itself when the immune system is struggling.