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Question then: would a shingles infection also be expected to reduce the odds of Alzheimer's? Just an idle thought, no sources needed or expected, but you'd th
by ramses0 1y ago
Question then: would a shingles infection also be expected to reduce the odds of Alzheimer's?
Just an idle thought, no sources needed or expected, but you'd think that if you actually GOT shingles it'd be the same effect as not getting shingles because you did get the vaccine?
- amanaplanacanal 1y agoLike getting the measles vaccine and getting measles are the same thing?
- rkomorn 1y agoI don't think that's quite what they're saying. I think they're saying that the only thing the shingles vaccine should cause is the immune response to it, which you should also get from getting shingles, so does getting shingles have the same effect? Seems like a valid question to me.
- ramses0 1y agoExactly! Grandparent response says (without sources) that "Alzheimer's might be leftover shingles", where my original misinterpretation of it was that "shingles antibodies prevents Alzheimer's". Of course real research or sources needed, but just some idle curiosity to update my mental map of what's going on.
- rkomorn 1y agoI think your comment was pretty reasonable based on the info in the comment you were replying to.
- btilly 1y agoMy personal best guess is no. That a low-level shingles infection getting into your brain can cause Alzheimer's. And therefore a shingles infection creates a risk of Alzheimer's. The way that the vaccine preserves us is by reducing the odds of there being a shingles infection in the first place. That said, this is only my guess. We do not actually know the mechanism by which the vaccine helps. Nor do I have any evidence or data supporting my guess.