Shingles

[Stubby]

Is it not the chicken pox virus ?  I did hear that if you get it on the side of your torso and it goes all the way round and joins up its curtains ! . Dont worrie about it though eggs mate

[WirralBoy]

Two days ago I received letters from my GP surgery to "come and get your shingles and your flu jabs"

 

Went today.

Two nurses.

One injected flu jab in one arm and the other the shingles jab in the other arm.

Done and dusted in less than a minute.

 

Apparently, it is in order to have both jabs at the same time otherwise there has to be a gap of at least four weeks between them.

 

The shingles jab is only required once in a lifetime.

[peatff]

On 26/09/2017 at 23:22, Mark J said:

Sorry to hear that Eggs.  My mate's just recovering from shingles on his face.  Hope You're better soon.

 

 

I had it on my head and forehead and the doctor said it could take up to 3 months to clear. I was told to go straight back in if it got as far as my eye. I got in early as I had had it before after treatment for TB so I recognised the symptoms. It was a few years ago now but it has caused some nerve problems on my scalp and sometimes it feels like something is crawling on my head, strange unnerving feeling. It's a recurrence of chickenpox virus which remains in your system. You have my sympathy as it can be painful. A friend of mine got the rash and I told him what it was so he got in early for treatment but he said he had never had chickenpox. The doctor confirmed he had shingles and said he had done the right thing getting in quickly.