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It may be approved for use at age 50, but you may have trouble finding anyone that will give it to you before age 60.
If you ask for it, it should be given. You may have to pay for it out of pocket, though. I just checked my insurance plan and it will pay beginning at age 50.
Has anyone here or know of anyone who has gotten the pneumonia vaccine? My doctor recommended getting it sometime this year.
Yes, I got it about 6 years ago. I was a little young for it but I wanted to be protected because of the H5N1 flu scare at the time. The vaccine only protects against bacterial pneumonia though, not viral pneumonia.
There was nothing to the shot. I felt a pin prick, that's all.
We were out shopping one Sunday about 4 years ago when I looked across the street to see a Walgreen's with a big banner hung across the front of the store "Shingles vaccinations today".
So I darted right over, paid the $25 copay (they accepted my health insurance card on the spot) and got my shingles vaccination. Easy peasy, in and out, no adverse reactions. I was 55.
If you've never had chicken pox you NEVER get shingles. The reason for the recent rise in the shingles cases is because baby boomers are aging and most of them had chicken pox when they were children. There was no chicken pox vaccine back then.
I think you didn't understand what I (and the article) was trying to say: (I hope I'm allowed to quote part of it here)
". . .shingles can be prevented by ordinary contact, such as receiving a hug from a grandchild who is getting or recovering from the chickenpox. But with the advent of the chickenpox vaccine, there is less chickenpox around to provide that natural immune boost for children AND adults.
So as chickenpox rates have declined, shingles rates have begun to rise, and there is mounting evidence that an epidemic of shingles is developing in America from the mass, mandatory use of the chickenpox vaccine by all children."
Wow, I guess the time to do this was 4 years ago. The rules may have gotten tighter. I called United Healthcare today and they have a strict policy of only paying for this shot if you're over the age of 60.
". . .shingles can be prevented by ordinary contact, such as receiving a hug from a grandchild who is getting or recovering from the chickenpox. But with the advent of the chickenpox vaccine, there is less chickenpox around to provide that natural immune boost for children AND adults.
So as chickenpox rates have declined, shingles rates have begun to rise, and there is mounting evidence that an epidemic of shingles is developing in America from the mass, mandatory use of the chickenpox vaccine by all children."
The article you refer to provides no evidence, refers to no clinical studies.
How does contact with someone who has chicken pox provide immunity from shingles? Hugging a child infected with chicken pox will probably result in the person getting chicken pox themselves. Once they have had chicken pox, they can get shingles.
Wow, I guess the time to do this was 4 years ago. The rules may have gotten tighter. I called United Healthcare today and they have a strict policy of only paying for this shot if you're over the age of 60.
It depends on the insurance company. The medical recommendation starts at age 55. The insurance company can determine the age for which it wants to provide coverage. Have the company you work for make coverage at age 50 part of its renewal contract.
". . .shingles can be prevented by ordinary contact, such as receiving a hug from a grandchild who is getting or recovering from the chickenpox. But with the advent of the chickenpox vaccine, there is less chickenpox around to provide that natural immune boost for children AND adults.
So as chickenpox rates have declined, shingles rates have begun to rise, and there is mounting evidence that an epidemic of shingles is developing in America from the mass, mandatory use of the chickenpox vaccine by all children."
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Originally Posted by cdnirene
The article you refer to provides no evidence, refers to no clinical studies.
How does contact with someone who has chicken pox provide immunity from shingles? Hugging a child infected with chicken pox will probably result in the person getting chicken pox themselves. Once they have had chicken pox, they can get shingles.
Periodic re-exposure to chicken pox does apparently boost immunity in people who have already had it.
The solution is not to stop vaccinating children, so they get sick and occasionally die. It is to give boosters to adults.
Exposure to someone with chickenpox or shingles does not cause shingles.
If you have never had chickenpox, exposure to either someone with chicken pox or direct exposure to drainage from the blisters of shingles can cause you to get chickenpox.
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