{"id":4259,"date":"2024-02-26T10:12:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umedoc.com\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:13:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:13:01","slug":"when-can-i-get-a-shingles-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umedoc.com\/es\/when-can-i-get-a-shingles-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"When Can I Get A Shingles Shot?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is Shingles?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is also the virus that causes chickenpox. If you have had chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus is in your body and never completely, of fully, goes away. Once you have chickenpox, the virus is \u2018inactive\u2019 in the body, but can become \u2018reactivated\u2019 later in life, which presents as shingles. Shingles is most common in people over 50 years of age with weakened immune systems. Although shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox, it does not occur in ALL people who have had chickenpox.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shingles travels and lives inside of nerve cells, which run along areas of the skin called \u2018dermatomes\u2019. When shingles is reactivated, the rash appears along the dermatomes and has very characteristic signs and symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What causes Shingles to become reactivated?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is unknown what causes shingles to become reactivated. Doctors do not know how or why the reactivation occurs, but it is believed that your body\u2019s immune system becomes weaker over time to the varicella-zoster virus. This happens over the many years and decades after childhood chickenpox. Eventually, the symptoms of shingles appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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