I am so glad I found this website!! I have been suffering from shingles for a month now, on the right side of my trunk/waistband area. I got my flu shot on Oct. 27, and by Oct. 31 the itching/pain/rash started. I originally thought it was hives from a new fabric softener. After a week of itching and pain, I was diagnosed and confirmed with a culture that I have shingles.
I am a 40 year old woman who is very healthy, and was NOT under stress or run down when I received the flu shot. Nor is my immune system compromised. I don't fit the mold of who gets shingles. I've received the flu shot the last 6 or so years with no bad reactions. I talked to a physician assistant friend of mine and she said the flu shot triggers your immune system into "overdrive" to make flu antibodies, and that overload could have triggered a case of shingles that were dormant in the nerves. Interesting about the Guillian-Barre connection that someone else noted. I wonder how related shingles and Guillian-Barre are??
Another anecdotal story is that my husband's 82-year old grandmother has shingles on her scalp right now...she had the flu shot 2 weeks prior to her outbreak. Coincidence?? I think not!
I am convinced there is a link - there are way too many people (on this website alone) for all these to be a coincidence.
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I am so glad I found this website!! I have been suffering from shingles for a month now, on the right side of my trunk/waistband area. I got my flu shot on Oct. 27, and by Oct. 31 the itching/pain/rash started. I originally thought it was hives from a new fabric softener. After a week of itching and pain, I was diagnosed and confirmed with a culture that I have shingles.
I am a 40 year old woman who is very healthy, and was NOT under stress or run down when I received the flu shot. Nor is my immune system compromised. I don't fit the mold of who gets shingles. I've received the flu shot the last 6 or so years with no bad reactions. I talked to a physician assistant friend of mine and she said the flu shot triggers your immune system into "overdrive" to make flu antibodies, and that overload could have triggered a case of shingles that were dormant in the nerves. Interesting about the Guillian-Barre connection that someone else noted. I wonder how related shingles and Guillian-Barre are??
Another anecdotal story is that my husband's 82-year old grandmother has shingles on her scalp right now...she had the flu shot 2 weeks prior to her outbreak. Coincidence?? I think not!
I am convinced there is a link - there are way too many people (on this website alone) for all these to be a coincidence.
November 25, 2008 - 8:49pmThis Comment
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