Herpes Zoster Vaccination: Rational Subsequent to Chicken Pox or Shingles Breakouts?
It is said that if you have Shingles you wait for up to a year after the episode and then have the vaccine. Given that the virus reactivation itself should have provided protection to the individual and, for that matter, a better one, notwithstanding the debilitation, I don't see this business of insisting on vaccination as the way to prevent further Herpes Zoster breakouts, let alone the vascular nefarious fallouts. Vaccination could make a controlled situation roll out of hand! Rather than let sleeping dogs lie, we now wake the virus up with this approach and succeed to cause more harm to the host. With age and stress, what reduces immunity(controlled protection) is over-activation which spells inflammation even in the presence of cortisol, not the reverse, and that is the cause of the Shingles breakouts in most cases, in the first place. Exercise, antioxidants and proper nutrition(polyhenols and phytosterols) will tip the balance to a more effective, regulated immune express...