Shingles jab

[Domus]

Had my 2nd vax yesterday morning. Apart from sore arm felt fine…………until 21.00. Then. Shivers, shakes and feeling dreadful. In bed at 21.15 and lay awake ALL night, shivers stopped after a couple of paracetamol but my mind was all over the place. Lie in methinks.

 

[Drago]

I can see the problem here.

You had the shingles jab. The anti-shingles jab is what you should have asked for.

 

[PeteXXX]

I've had one Shingles jab with no side effects...
I thought single one was sufficient?

 

[Buck]

I've had one Shingles jab with no side effects...
I thought single one was sufficient?

The “old” vaccine was a single jab but the new one is two doses upto 6 months apart dependent upon the reason for having it.

Also eligibility is different now as it includes immune suppressed and selected groups aged 50 and over.

@Domus - when I had mine my arm was very tender for a few days but no other symptoms.

 

[Domus]

As you say two about 6 months apart, I was VERY unwell after the first one, so much so I said I wouldn't have the second one. However a friend who got Shingles persuaded me. Feeling a little better now, thanks for your concerns.

 

[a.twiddler]

Shingles is horrible. Some potential short term discomfort after the vaccination is worth putting up with in my opinion (says he, having had no more than an achy arm afterwards!).

 

[Buck]

I’m the same. Two friends have had it and the shingles jab was an easy sell after seeing them suffer. One has had it twice as well. Not nice.

 

[OldShep]

As you say two about 6 months apart, I was VERY unwell after the first one, so much so I said I wouldn't have the second one. However a friend who got Shingles persuaded me. Feeling a little better now, thanks for your concerns.

You’ve had a minor inconvenience compared with having shingles. It’s over two years since I was really ill with shingles and still suffering PHN waking through the night with an unsatable urge to scratch my forehead off coupled with electric shocks and hot nails pushing into my scalp most days.

 

[Sharky]

I've had both shingles jabs last year, without problems. Now I'm waiting for an RSV jab, next month.

Anybody had an RSV jab?

 

[steveindenmark]

I did not know there was a singles jab. I get it on the back of my right leg occasionally. Is the jab just a double dose and does it cure it?

 

[a.twiddler]

You’ve had a minor inconvenience compared with having shingles. It’s over two years since I was really ill with shingles and still suffering PHN waking through the night with an unsatable urge to scratch my forehead off coupled with electric shocks and hot nails pushing into my scalp most days.

It's as you say. The actual rash clears up, but the nerve pain is still there for long afterwards. People might be sympathetic while you've got the rash, but when it's something they can't see, less so.

 

[ColinJ]

Anybody had an RSV jab?

Is that the one against some form of pneumonia? If so, I had it a few months ago. I didn't nofice any reaction to it.

They wouldn't give me the shingles jab last year but will do later this year. There is a silly rule about qualifying age... If I were a few years younger then I could have got it last year!

... and does it cure it?

That's not what a vaccine does! It prepares the body to be able to fight off a pathogen, should one ever be exposed to it.

It is too late after already catching it. Sorry, it is still worth having the vaccine to help protect against future infections.

 

[oldandslow]

Having had shingles a few years back, I've been very happy to be offered the two-stage vaccine for the last two or three years.

 

[ColinJ]

Having had shingles a few years back, I've been very happy to be offered the two-stage vaccine for the last two or three years.

I read that after the booster, protection should last at least 5-7 years and probably longer. Are you having the jab twice a year, every year?!

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've had both shingles jabs last year, without problems. Now I'm waiting for an RSV jab, next month.

Anybody had an RSV jab?

I had the RSV jab last year and had no side effects. ( and I'm immune compromised)