They will be offered a non-live vaccine called Shingrix. It activates the immune system but also contains an ingredient called an adjuvant, which helps to boost the response to the vaccine.
Very occasionally, people develop chickenpox following shingles vaccination fewer than 1 in 10, individuals. Talk to a GP if this happens to you. It's difficult to be precise, but research suggests the shingles vaccine will protect you for at least 5 years, probably longer.
There is a lot of evidence showing that the shingles vaccine is very safe. Both types of vaccine have already been used in several countries, including the US and Canada, and no safety concerns have been raised. The vaccine also has few side effects. Read more about shingles vaccine side effects. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus varicella-zoster virus in people who have previously had chickenpox.
It begins with a burning sensation in the skin, followed by a rash of very painful fluid-filled blisters that can then burst and turn into sores before healing. Often an area on just one side of the body is affected, usually the chest but sometimes the head, face and eye. Read more about the symptoms of shingles.
You do not "catch" shingles — it comes on when there's a reawakening of chickenpox virus that's already in your body. The virus can be reactivated because of a range of issues, including advancing age, medicine, illness or stress. Anyone who has had chickenpox can get shingles. It's estimated that around 1 in 5 people who have had chickenpox go on to develop shingles. Read more about the causes of shingles. People tend to get shingles more often as they get older, especially over the age of And the older you are, the worse it can be.
The shingles rash can be extremely painful, such that sufferers cannot even bear the feeling of their clothes touching the affected skin. This is because the effectiveness of the vaccine declines with age in older age groups. This is because a clinical trial by the manufacturer had suggested this might make Zostavax less effective.
However, the Department of Health advice is that the two vaccines can be given at the same time. This is based on expert advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation , and on research that showed no evidence that people receiving both vaccines together had any increased risk of developing shingles. Read the abstract of the study by Tseng et al. The vaccine can be given to people with a previous history of shingles infection. It should not be given to anyone who currently has shingles.
As stated above, the vaccine should not be given to people who are clinically immunosuppressed either due to drug treatment or underlying illness because the vaccine strain could replicate too much and cause a serious infection.
In clinical trials of the vaccine, there have been no reports of someone who was vaccinated passing the virus on to anyone else. However, because the shingles vaccine is a live vaccine, it is thought that this may be possible in rare cases. There is thought to be a very small risk that someone who has been vaccinated could pass on the virus to someone who is not immune to chickenpox. This is only thought to be a risk if the person who has been vaccinated develops a shingles type rash at the injection site or elsewhere on the body.
The shingles vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women as a matter of caution. However, studies have been carried out on pregnant women who have accidentally received chickenpox or shingles vaccines. These have not shown any link between the weakened virus in the vaccine and any specific problems in babies born to these women.
See this Public Health England statement for more information. Shingles also called herpes zoster is a painful skin rash caused by the reactivation of the Read more.
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