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19. I think once it/SHINGLES starts it's too late for meds. Trouble is not knowing/identified

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Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:55 PM

Jul 2021

until it's too late. Happened to me (NOT about covid). Went to E.R. in excruciating pain. All types of machine scans, no dice. They never looked at the skin under the shirt. Told me it was an inguinal hernia and sent me to a surgeon. He was refusing hernia surgery. Not until I picked up my shirt and asked why the pain was up higher than the "hernia" location did he see the telltale red dots at the waist and he yelled, "You have shingles!"

I hadn't seen them either and wouldn't have known what they were. My couple of bouts of pain were tolerable to ride out.

I've been told stress can trigger? As with so much with this blasted covid virus, linking causes/effects ain't definite?

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Anybody else get shingles after Covid shots? [View all] leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 OP

Not me. Patterson Jul 2021 #1

When you say "vaccination," do you mean for covid, or for shingles? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #2

Covid leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #7

I didn't get shingles but I was vaxxed for that too so... gldstwmn Jul 2021 #3

Same here zipplewrath Jul 2021 #28

"Why you might have a shingles flare-up after your covid vaccination:" WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #4

thank you for the link. barbtries Jul 2021 #54

I'm sorry, but we're going to have to kill you. Gregory Peccary Jul 2021 #5

I don't want to feed the anti vaccination people leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #10

I was just having some fun with your headline Gregory Peccary Jul 2021 #15

I know. But I was hesitant to even bring it up leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #21

Have you had a shingle vaccination? If not, get one before the Covid boosters come out csziggy Jul 2021 #75

Oh good lord what a choice fescuerescue Jul 2021 #76

Does she weigh the same as a duck? Renew Deal Jul 2021 #23

She turned me into a newt! zuul Jul 2021 #48

Right over. Qutzupalotl Jul 2021 #50

From what I've seen cab67 Jul 2021 #6

Yes, big distinction. Viruses trigger a lot of things. My best guess, Hortensis Jul 2021 #25

My wife did. ZZenith Jul 2021 #8

Report it in vaers. Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #9

This information was given to me when I got my vax too. IcyPeas Jul 2021 #42

Well, the vaccine clearly did not give you the varicella-zoster virus that causes shingles. hlthe2b Jul 2021 #11

I had chickenpox but I have never had shingles. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #12

Gabapentin is an effective pain medication for neurologic pain, which is what is seen with hlthe2b Jul 2021 #13

I think they are helping. This isn't a bad case. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #22

No shingles for me. Caliman73 Jul 2021 #14

I got my shingles shots in November & December. we can do it Jul 2021 #16

I wish I had thought of that leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #24

That's one good thing. we can do it Jul 2021 #38

I got mine around the same time Tree Lady Jul 2021 #29

It's expensive even with Medicare. But I need to leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #41

Wow guess I was lucky Blue Cross Tree Lady Jul 2021 #44

Husband and I had about the same timing Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #82

Yikes! My aunt had a really bad case. we can do it Jul 2021 #84

It could be because you had chicken pox as a kid. n/t brewens Jul 2021 #17

My husband got a severe case of shingles on his face/eye 8 days after his 2nd Pfizer vaccine liberal_mama Jul 2021 #18

Post removed Post removed Jul 2021 #83

I think once it/SHINGLES starts it's too late for meds. Trouble is not knowing/identified UTUSN Jul 2021 #19

I'm pretty sure that I had an early case about 10 years ago. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #61

I've had that one a couple of years ago, and the first one about 18 years ago. UTUSN Jul 2021 #62

I was lucky in that I realized what it was very close to onset, Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #63

In retrospect I think my earliest onset symptoms were a very slight fever & slight disorientation UTUSN Jul 2021 #64

ERs can be horrible. I went in with a kidney stone about 6 years ago. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #65

Well, mine did what they could, all that super expensive machinery. Plus all the drama. UTUSN Jul 2021 #67

The vaccination may or may not have triggered it but StarryNite Jul 2021 #20

Shingles, being a herpes virus, can be inhibited by the amino acid lysine, this is found in fish and diane in sf Jul 2021 #26

I was taking oil of wild oregano when this started leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #34

No shingles here. LisaL Jul 2021 #27

Nope. beaglelover Jul 2021 #30

It may be more older people or people with leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #31

ouch RussBLib Jul 2021 #32

Me, too. But I don't think you can get one while you leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #33

I didn't but WilmywoodNCparalegal Jul 2021 #35

My roof is getting old. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #37

i highly doubt it is related but stress can be Bev54 Jul 2021 #36

There's too many cases of it. Something is going on. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #39

Really? Is there more cases than usual? Bev54 Jul 2021 #43

I gotta get my shingles shot....... a kennedy Jul 2021 #40

No, but I know people who got shingles without being vaccinated. NNadir Jul 2021 #45

No. I got the first shingles vaccination about a month after my COVID vaccination. zuul Jul 2021 #46

Interesting. I got the Shingles vaccine 4 days before my second Moderna shot. milestogo Jul 2021 #47

I got my two covid shots in between my two shingles vaccinations. No reactions but the pharmacy wiggs Jul 2021 #49

Shingrix ucralum Jul 2021 #52

You can get the shingles vaccine Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 #51

i did not. barbtries Jul 2021 #53

Kick leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #55

Nope. Vaccinated for shingles. spanone Jul 2021 #56

Check the vaers database. Nt ecstatic Jul 2021 #57

I got shingles about a month after I recovered from Covid susanr516 Jul 2021 #58

I saw a lot of reports of people with Covid getting shingles. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #78

Flu shot VickiSmith Jul 2021 #59

My wife and I got both.... Sancho Jul 2021 #60

no nt Celerity Jul 2021 #66

Had shingles in my mid30's. 55 now. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #68

No Meowmee Jul 2021 #69

I just read that you can get the shot as soon as the leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #70

But, were you ever vaccinated for shingles, previously? DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #71

YES I did. Broke out on second day after shot. KewlKat Jul 2021 #72

I got shingles shortly after recovering from suspected COVID-19 blugbox Jul 2021 #73

I am calling my doctor this week to see about leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #74

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2021 #77

No. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2021 #79

I have started taking Oil of Wild Oregano from Greece leftyladyfrommo Jul 2021 #80

No, but probably because I had the shingles vax Hekate Jul 2021 #81