Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere on the body, most of the time It appears as a single strip of blisters that wraps around the left or right side of the torso.
shingles It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus.the same virus that causes chickenpox. After having had chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in nerve tissue near the spinal cord and brain. Years later, the virus can reactivate as shingles.
shingles it is not a life-threatening condition, but it can be very painful. The vaccine can help reduce the risk of developing it. early treatment It can help reduce shingles infection and reduce the risk of complications. The most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia, which causes shingles pain long after the blisters are gone.
When will the vaccines be given?
For this reason, The Community of Madrid has decided to update the Vaccination Calendarvaccinating from first week of mayto those people born between 1957 and 1942.
Even so, Madrid has already begun to vaccinate those people in that age range and who have an added risksuch as transplanted adults, patients receiving anti-JAK drugs (arthritis medication), HIV, blood malignancies, and solid tumors receiving chemotherapy.
How to apply
It is very simple, since it will not be necessary or request it. So that they inoculate us with the vaccine, We will only have to go to our health center since the center’s own toilets will put it on us.
It should be noted that vaccines against this virus are very safe because the side effects they cause are mild. According to the Ministry of Health, “the local ones at the injection site (pain, redness and swelling), fever, chickenpox-like rash (average of 2-5 lesions at the injection site) or irritability.”
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