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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses
I was always told that you can only get chicken pox once; However once you have chicken pox, the virus stays in your body and you can get shingles.
So as I understand it, the vaccine prevents chicken pox and you can't get shingles without having had the chicken pox first. (so it sort-of prevents two things).
Hope this makes sense.
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As someone who is only 25 and had chicken pox at 4 and then shingles at 16, I'm curious how the vaccine will affect shingles. I got shingles after being re-exposed to chicken pox. Since my case of chicken pox was mild, I did not have enough antibodies to fight it the second time, hence shingles.
I don't know if the vaccine could have the same effect, esp if it is not a lifetime vaccine. People down the line could end up with shingles if re-exposed to chicken pox.
And while shingles isn't as bad as chicken pox with side effects, it isn't any easier and the nerve pains leading up to the breakout made me think I was crazy b/c we couldn't pinpoint the cause of the problem until the rash appeared.
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