Shingles
- Thread starter giles
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Something to ask your doctor, Dave...
I don't mean to shit all over your plans, but I'm concerned that the vaccine won't do any good. It's more concerning that your immune system isn't able to reliably contain the shingles outbreaks even though each outbreak should be raising your defenses to the virus.
The purpose of the vaccine is to raise an immune response against the virus so if it reactivates you can clear it much faster.
If you are constantly having shingles outbreaks, your immune system is already aware of the virus and mounting a defense to them already. It's just not able to shut down the reactivation fast enough.
I don't mean to shit all over your plans, but I'm concerned that the vaccine won't do any good. It's more concerning that your immune system isn't able to reliably contain the shingles outbreaks even though each outbreak should be raising your defenses to the virus.
The purpose of the vaccine is to raise an immune response against the virus so if it reactivates you can clear it much faster.
If you are constantly having shingles outbreaks, your immune system is already aware of the virus and mounting a defense to them already. It's just not able to shut down the reactivation fast enough.
