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Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk (med.stanford.edu)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Right, so would the vaccine help then?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wouldn't take my word for it, but yes. It's usually from having had chickenpox as a kid, the herpes zoster virus hides dormant in your nerve stems, where the immune system cannot get to them. I'd imagine any improvement to your immune response will help keep it in check.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

This is the correct answer. No, we are not doctors. Yes, it is known that shingles does NOT go away and re-occurs in about 1-10 cases if left untreated. The treatment is a highly effective vaccine that if you are of age you should definitely get regardless of if you've had a shingles flareup previously.