organicgreendoctor: alzheimers news-another reason to get a shingles shot

organicgreendoctor: alzheimers news-another reason to get a shingles shot: ALZHEIMERS NEWS-ANOTHER REASON TO GET A SHINGLES SHOT many of us had chickenpox when we were younger this gives us life long immunity agains...

alzheimers news-another reason to get a shingles shot

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-ANOTHER REASON TO GET A SHINGLES SHOT

many of us had chickenpox when we were younger
this gives us life long immunity against chickenpox

now kids get a chickenpox or varicella vaccine as kids
it gives them a life long immunity against chickenpox

thats good
however
the chickenpox virus even the attenuated one given with the chickenpox shot stores itself in your body to come back later as shingles
1% of those vaccinated for chickenpox can get shingles later in life
15-20% of those like me who had chickenpox as a child can still get shingles later in life

my wife she had it once
a dentist told her she needed a root canal because of the dental pain
i looked at her neck and said i think you have shingles
she did 
it was quite painful but responded to antiviral medication

i think i had it when i was sick 4 years ago when i had what i think was covid
i had a few lesions pop up on my forehead where the eye nerve runs along the eyebrow and forehead
i saw a doctor who put me on antiviral meds which shut it down quickly

yes my wife and i both can get shingles again

it waits for old age to set up with its decreased immunity and for some immunodeficiency to show up like eg covid or meds like steroids or immunosuppressive meds

shingles can be devastating to an older person



now i got the old shingles shot years ago but it doesnt work as well as the new one
so
i should get the new one called shingrex

now new research shows there is another reason to get your shingles shot when you reach 50

maybe it can keep you from getting alzheimers disease

add that to your alzheimers prevention repertoire along with living healthy and controlling you weight your blood pressure your cholesterol your blood sugar and eating right and getting adequate sleep and staying active mentally physically and socially and not smoking and limiting drinking and controlling anxiety and depression

in this study reviewed here by scientific american they found that folks who were vaccinated against shingles had a 20% less likely to develop alzheimers and other dementia

ok ok
so i got my shingles shot when i turned 60 but now i need to get my shingrex shot
ok ok
ill set that up to get it done
ill add that to my antidementia repertoire along with my aricept or donepezil and my infusions of aduhelm

doing what i can to slow this down

get your shingles shot

the organicgreen doctor