• Tinks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    4 days ago

    It’s so frustrating to me that the vaccine is 50+, as if the rest of us can’t get it. I WISH I could get my shongles shit today.

    • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Protop: contract a debilitating autoimmune disease and get on immunosuppressants that don’t suppress the disease but do qualify you for all the niche vaccines from an early age

      Or just work in healthcare

    • TheSlad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I had a shongles flare up when I was a teen. Can it also happen only once like chicken pox, or can there be a round 3? Wondering if I still need to get the shit or not

      • Zorcron@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        You can get shingles multiple times, unfortunately. Talk to your doctor; they may recommend you get the shingles vaccine early if you have already had an episode. But if it’s been a while with no more episodes, it may be reasonable to wait until 50.

    • Zorcron@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      Assuming you live in the US, you could go to a pharmacy that does vaccines (most of the big ones) and get a shingles shot as long as you are over 19 and say you have an immunocompromising illness. And theoretically your insurance should pay for it as well. The paperwork and online scheduling/screening software won’t ask or care about specifics, though if the pharmacist is curious, they may ask.

      There isn’t much data to suggest getting the vaccine earlier would be particularly helpful if you are immune competent, but you can do with that information what you will.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlMEnglish
    10·
    4 days ago

    I got my shingles vaccines done last year because I saw how devastating shingles was when my mother-in-law got it. Yes, the shingles vax side effects can be brutal (they were for me), but a few days of suffering are a small price to pay.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlMEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        For me it was fever, ache and pains including strong joint pain, skin sensitivity, inflammation of the lymph nodes found in the arm put area (also very tender to the touch) and severe headache.

          • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlMEnglish
            3·
            4 days ago

            Two days of awful. Four total not feeling right.

            EDIT: FYI. You need to multiply that by two because you have to take the shot twice.

  • glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    Fun fact, the shongles vax is also linked to lowering dementia risk https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x

    Clearly due to shongles causing dementia, thus not getting shongles reduces your chance of dementia! Dementia is likely often brain inflammation, so shongles just cooks ya gourd. Super cool thanks virus

    Edit; Even cooler, for shongles vax to reduce the risk of heart disease that also has to mean that shongles causes heart inflammation. Super cool super cool, covid causes heart inflammation and you’re at risk for heart issues at least 9 months out from an infection (maybe life, could be perma organ damage sometimes, again very cool viri) I do not like that so many viri apparently do this

    • b000rg@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      I think COVID cooked my immune system. My body attacks itself and I end up with welts when exposed to cold now. Very cool virus indeed.

      • agedcorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Sounds like Cold Urticaria. Might want to see your doctor and carry an epi-pen if it affects your breathing.

      • glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11·
        4 days ago

        🅱️ruh that’s ducked up, try antihistmemes H 1 and 2 (H1 allergy: Loratadine; H2 tum tum: Famotidine) at the same time next time you’re going into a sitch that causes the welts. They’ll reduce select inflammation that might cover whatever the fuck that is 🤷‍♀️ seems long covid inflammation is related to H1/H2 receptors often

        Be wary H1 haves have major side effects, some (Zyrtec, Allegra) are addictive and you’ll have withdrawal symptoms. Loratadine/Claratin might make you depressed. All gen 1 will bulldoze your brain, light af touch with them.

  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    I decided to find out what a shongle is; From the word shoe, containing “sho”, which means a low-cut fabric for the foot, and dangle, meaning to hang loosely. A shongle is most likely a type of loose sock. Makes sense–you could, most likely, have your sock shit in.