Zoster

If You Are Over 50, Get Your Herpes Zoster or Shingles Vaccine

November 15, 2018

I once visited an old friend in the hospital who had Shingles (known as Herpes Zoster) on her face. She lay there with her husband reading to her, admitted to the hospital. What was disturbing is that she was only 47 years old. The doctors were also worried as she was so young and they […]

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Should I Get the Zoster Vaccine

January 30, 2017

Should I Get the Zoster Vaccine Herpes Zoster Vaccine is called Zostavax. It contains live attenuated (weakened) varicella virus 14x greater than regular varicella vaccines. It is FDA-approved for patients ≥50years old though recommended for those ≥60years. A 2005 study at Harvard published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed the following: The Vaccinated group vs

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