• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    i saw so many people on the shingles sub trying to get it, even though they arnt at risk. also the implications is unknown, and someone reported they actually had a really bad inflammatory reaction from taking shingles vaccine so early in life.

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      2 days ago

      My friend had a really bad case of shingles at age 45 he was bedridden for 3 weeks in tremendous pain, he almost lost eyesight in one eye. Another friend got it at 41 and while she wasn’t as bad off as the first friend was tremendously painful and she was out of work for weeks. When I got my shingles shot I told the pharmacist these stories, and she told me she herself got shingles at 35.

      I would have rolled the dice on a bad inflammatory reaction from shingles vaccine given the chance.

      • smh@slrpnk.net
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        2 days ago

        I knew someone who was old enough to get the shingles vaccine but couldn’t because one of the requirements for vaccination is “not having had shingles in the last X amount of time”. Poor dear just kept having shingles outbreaks. She really wanted the vaccine.