Suggest Treatment For Shingles

Posted on Sun, 9 Oct 2016

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Question : 7 years ago I had breastcancer surgery, 2 years later the first outbreak of the vzv virus.
since then at least 4 times, rather in summer or now again. down below on one side ,
a week ago my dr gave me for one week Valacyclovir 1 gr tablet
I would like to take more, is it adv. to get the Shingle vac.? I was diogn with Shingles .
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Answered by Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
hello dear. it is advisable to have vaccine

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear. Welcome to hcm. I have gone through the details. Well, it id advisable to have the vaccine as it will help you by reducing the further episodes of shingles. Even if you somehow gets shingles after vaccination( which is uncommon), the episodes will be of minor intensities. Please go ahead with the vaccine.
thank s.

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