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Shingles not Singles sidlelines MLB pitcher LaTroy Hawkins

Shingles knows no boundaries and it is important to understand what it is and how it can debilitate a person in short order. Baseball relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins is out due to a case of shingles according to his doctors.

From the story:

CHICAGO — Unable to sit and barely able to walk because of pain in his upper back, Astros relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins was placed on the 15-day disabled list prior to Tuesday’s game against the Cubs with a case of shingles.

For the full story visit MLB here

For more information on Shingles visit Merck

What are the risks from chickenpox vaccine?

What are the risks from chickenpox vaccine?

Getting chickenpox vaccine is much safer than getting chickenpox disease. Most people who get chickenpox vaccine do not have any problems with it.

However, a vaccine, like any medicine, is capable of causing serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions. The risk of chickenpox vaccine causing serious harm, or death, is extremely small.

Mild Problems

• Soreness or swelling where the shot was given (about 1 out of 5 children and up to 1 out of 3 adolescents and adults)
• Fever (1 person out of 10, or less)
• Mild rash, up to a month after vaccination (1 person out of 20, or less). It is possible for these people to infect other members of their household, but this is extremely rare.

Note: MMRV vaccine has been associated with higher rates of fever (up to about 1 person in 5) and measles-like rash (about 1 person in 20) compared with MMR and varicella vaccines given separately.

Moderate Problems

• Seizure (jerking or staring) caused by fever (less than 1 person out of 1,000).

Severe Problems

• Pneumonia (very rare)

Other serious problems, including severe neurological problems (brain reactions) and low blood count, have been reported after chickenpox vaccination. These happen so rarely, however, that experts cannot tell whether they are caused by the vaccine or not. If they are, it is extremely rare.

This information was taken directly from the Vaccine Information Statement

Chicken Pox Vaccination

There are many reasons that you should get the chicken pox vaccination, one of the main reasons is due to the fact that getting this disease while you are an adult can lead to risks that you wouldn’t have had. Having chicken pox as a child. If you are not already familiar what chicken pox is, it is a very common child orientated disease. Chicken pox is usually not a very serious virus, although chicken pox can be quite serious for infants, as well as women who are pregnant with infants, to make sure you don’t catch chicken pox, or the other disease the virus can carry with it shingles, you need to get the vaccination. If you have not had chicken pox as a child it is recommended that you even get the chicken pox vacation treatment on more then one occasion, you are recommended to get two chicken pox vacations and make sure that these things are at least around thirty days apart from your first chicken pox vaccination. So make sure to remember if you ever had chicken pox in your lifetime and if not your are going to want to put getting a chicken pox vaccination on your to-do list, so that you do not go getting the two types of disease you can from the chicken pox virus that could be inside of your blood. Have a chicken pox vaccination story? Have a problem because you didn’t have your chicken pox vaccination? Feel free to share your story by commenting at the end, we look forward to everyone telling us how they dealt with getting the chicken pox vaccination.

                                       

Some of the chicken pox symptoms that you could get, if you did catch chicken pox virus, is a rash, or even itching as well as tiredness. These are just some of the traits that chicken pox virus can carry, what most people do not know is that chicken pox can lead to a few other more serious problems in their lives. Such as skin infection, as well as scars even pneumonia the other two most serious side effects that this disease can affect you with, are brain damage and even death. Most people think chicken pox can not turn into a very serious disease well it can, even deadly. So make sure you get your chicken pox vaccination if you have not already had this medical procedure taken care of. One of the scariest things about the chicken pox virus is that the disease is so easily spread able, not only through the air, but also from physical contact with any person that is infected with the chicken pox virus. If you have a friend or relative who you know has never had chicken pox, make sure that they receive the chicken pox vaccination so they can continue leading a healthy life without the risk of a chicken pox flare up.

 

One crazy, yet completely relevant fact is that each year before the chicken pox vaccination has even came out there were around 11 thousand people, that had to be put inside of a hospital due to the chicken pox symptoms that they were showing each and every year. This number was only talking about people in the United States mind you, not even counting how many people around the world where effected due to the fact they had no way to get a chicken pox vaccination at this time. So just remember medical advances take place everyday, take advantage of them and get the chicken pox vaccination as soon as you possibly can so you don’t get sick over it.

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