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Study suggests shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk
(www.brown.edu)
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Is there a point to getting the shingles vaccine if you've already had an outbreak of it? I had it in my 20's but I'm approaching 50 now
Short answer: yes
Long answer: CDC recommends 2 doses of Shingrix separated by 2–6 months for immunocompetent adults aged 50 years and older: - Whether or not they report a prior episode of herpes zoster.
Imagine how it felt having it in your 20s and now imagine having it at 70+.
At 50 you know by now you don't heal or recover from colds as fast as you did at 20, so getting the shingles vaccine between now and 60 is basically insurance against feeling that ever again.
Man I hope so. I got it at like 25 but I did the shinrix a few years ago just so I don't get it again. Yeesh, but that sucked.
Herpes zoster does not go away after infection, it reservoirs in the nervous system, constantly controlled by the immune response. In older people or immune compromised, this immunity wanes. That's why you need Shingrex when over 65.