Shingles is the adult manifestation of the chickenpox virus, a herpes virus that once you have it, you have it forever. it can flare up later in life. the vaccine for it is incredibly effective at preventing heart disease (source: https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/03/16/19/33/shingles-vaccine-drastically-cuts-risk-of-serious-cardiac-events ) so please help yourself and your community and get vaccinated today!
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.
That took me quite a while.
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.
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
Better yet, I read the top right as "drive thru pregnancy"
Am I gregnent?
Sure, it's been a while since I've had anyone shit my shongles
What are some of the symptoms of shongles?
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