It can reactivate years later and cause shingles.
Can you get shingles after the chicken pox vaccine.
Webmd feature reviewed by louise chang md on march 15 2011.
Anyone who s had chickenpox or received the chickenpox vaccine can get shingles.
Have you ever heard of a child vaccinated against chicken pox getting shingles.
Can you still get shingles after having the chicken pox vaccine.
You should get chickenpox vaccine within 3 to 5 days of being exposed.
If you do not have immunity against chickenpox and are exposed to someone with this disease or shingles talk with your doctor about getting chickenpox vaccine.
Learn more about chickenpox.
Like all vaccines shingles vaccine is being closely monitored for unusual or severe problems by cdc and fda.
If you had zostavax in the recent past you should wait at least eight weeks before getting shingrix.
So no getting the chicken pox vaccine will not prevent you from later getting shingles.
You could however get sick from the chickenpox or shingles vaccine if your immune system is already compromised.
Chickenpox can be serious especially in babies adolescents adults pregnant women and people with a weakened immune system.
After a person recovers from chickenpox the virus stays dormant inactive in the body.
As a precaution this rash should be covered until it disappears.
Although chickenpox vaccines do contain a weakened version of the live virus which can reactivate later in life and cause shingles this is very rare he said.
Some people who get chickenpox get a painful rash called shingles also known as herpes zoster later in life.
There are safe and effective vaccines that can protect against chickenpox.
Getting vaccinated after you are exposed to chickenpox.
Some people who get the shingles vaccine will develop a chickenpox like rash near the place where they were vaccinated.
The shingles vaccine is a different vaccine that is given to seniors to help prevent them from getting shingles.
Chickenpox and shingles are related because they are caused by the same virus varicella zoster virus.
People on certain meds that suppress the immune system can t get the vaccines for.
Fortunately the chickenpox vaccine can also protect them.
But regardless of whether shots against chickenpox increased the risk of shingles the shot against shingles is the best way to avoid it.
