Shingles associated with increased risk for stroke, heart attack (30% increase)

Medical Xpress / Brigham and Women's Hospital / Journal of the American Heart Association ^ | Nov. 22, 2022 | Sharon G. Curhan et al

[nicollo]

Doesn’t every single person that had chickenpox have this virus in them, but in a dormant state?

Per the wiki entry, "shingles results when the dormant varicella virus is reactivated." So if you never had chickenpox, you thereby don't have the dormant virus that causes shingles, and thus don't need the vaccine?

Asking for a friend.

[EEGator]

Sounds correct to me.

[Valpal1]

If you’ve never had the chicken pox, first get an antibody titer to confirm, because some people have it so mildly as very young children that it goes unnoticed.

If you truly have no antibodies, get the varicella so you won’t get chicken pox later in life. It is far more dangerous to adults, which is why they used to do chicken pox parties for kids to get it out of the way. It can also cause birth defects if contracted during pregnancy.

[OldMissileer]

I also had a rough time with the side effects (only after the first shot, second one was fine) for about a week, but I think that’s just me; everyone else I know who had it only had two or three days of discomfort, and not nearly as severe as what I experienced.

I took the same and had no side effects. I'm now trying to figure out why I am so screwed up that several things I've taken over the years have not had any side effects when others seemed to get them.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Since this discovery was never mentioned before the clot-shot, I suspect they are blaming shingles for the heart attacks caused by the Covid ‘vaccine.’

Shingles is often a problem post Covid vaccine (associated with). They seem to be changing the definition of shingles as I have vaxxed friends who get something LIKE shingles but one doctor, who apparently didn’t get the memo, said it could not be, by definition, shingles because it occurs on both sides of the body, wherein true shingles only impacts one side of the body.

I came down with shingles the day after the clot shot. Four weeks after the clot shot, I came down with an intense shoulder spasm that tore a tendon. And, I came down with pulsatile tenites. The Jansen clot shot was quite a ride. I opted out of boosters and can only pray the crap is flushed out of my system over time.

[so_real]

Personal opinion : shingles expresses itself when the immune system is weakened to a degree it can no longer contain the viral load rendering it dormant. If you've had shingles, you've also likely had a vitamin/mineral deficiency negatively impacting your immune system. A relationship between strokes and a deficiency of B12 and D3 have been studied. Shingles and strokes may have overlapping contributive factors ... one of which may be poor nutrition.

[nicollo]

tks for the advice!