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Shingles can be painful, itchy and have long-term side effects. Here’s what to know about preventing and treating it. 
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The Shingrix vaccine will be available for free from November 1 for all over 65s, First Nations people aged over 50 and immunocompromised people over 18.
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Those 50 and older who had a mild case of covid-19 are 15 percent more likely to develop the painful ailment within six month than those who had not been infected by the coronavirus, study says.
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Parents who get shingles can experience debilitating symptoms and pass the chickenpox virus to their children. So why can’t they have the vaccine?
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People who have never had chickenpox are at risk for developing the illness if they come in contact with a shingles patient’s blisters.
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It hides in the body then suddenly erupts. It can return; symptoms can linger. Who gets shingles? And what’s the new vaccine?
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A new study shows that adults age 50+ who had COVID-19 are 15 percent more likely to develop shingles within six months. But vaccines can protect you.
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Too late for the vaccine to prevent the painful nerve condition, I had to focus on long-term treatment.
Peter Mellow's insight:
Link thanks to Clare D'Arcy-Evans.
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Shingles: Vaccination can lower your risk Shingles is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus [...]
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People 50 and older should get the new shingles vaccine whether or not they remember having had chickenpox as a child, experts say.
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