The cdc says that doctors need not ask patients if they ever had chickenpox or test for antibodies to it before giving them the shingles vaccine.
Can you get shingles even if you had the chickenpox vaccine.
If you had zostavax in the recent past you should wait at least eight weeks before getting shingrix.
After a person recovers from chickenpox the virus stays dormant inactive in the body.
Kids who were vaccinated against chickenpox had a 78 lower risk of developing shingles the researchers said.
Chickenpox and shingles are related because they are caused by the same virus varicella zoster virus.
Shingrix recommended for everyone age 50 and older whether or not you remember having had chickenpox because most people have been exposed to the virus.
That s because the chickenpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.
There s a new and improved shingles vaccine shingrix which is approved for people ages 50 and over even for those who received thefirst shingles vaccine zostavax.
Nearly 99 percent of children who.
It can reactivate years later and cause shingles.