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I was just diagnosed with shingles and have been taking Rinvoq for 5 years now . It works great for me! I have not had shingles vaccine. Has anyone had shingles while taking Rinvoq and did your dr let you continue taking it after you get over shingles?

I've been invited to have the shingles vaccine as I've turned seventy. As I'm taking prednisolone is it safe to have the vaccine ?

Cortisol is mentioned. Female hormones too. No mention of thyroid but suggests tester will be useful for wider hormones. None wider than hypothyroidism in my book.

My endo put me on Prolia because I’ve been on prednisone for so long and I have osteopenia. 13 days after my second shot, which I get every six months, I came down with a mild case of shingles. I was vaccinated for it last year. It is a very mild case. I had a video appointment with my regular

Hi, a very close family member is currently in ICU. She has significant damage to her brain. It is very early days. What can we do to help her? Thank you.

in the past week I was diagnosed with shingles. And it’s knocked me for six. I am Hashimotos, and during the past few months I have had a fair bit of stress, largely due to preparing to move house in a months time. So this would certainly have prepared the ground for Shingles to be possible ! I would

my grandson age 1 is staying over christmas, arriving tomorrow, he has just got a rash and saw the GP but phone consultation with photos of the rash ... they dont think chicken pox and suggested slapped cheek syndrome but said best take care around immune compromised people. Im on 6 mg pred so i dont

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Hi I wonder if anyone has had any reaction to the shingles vaccine. I had my first vaccine 6 months ago with no problems. However since my second jab on Friday my arm is very painful and quite swollen. I also felt rough the next day and still not feeling 100%. Wondering if anyone else has experienced

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how do boils start? And what are the stages? My back felt really painfully just in one place. When looking in the mirror as much as I could ,I saw a red spot so asked my sister laters to see. She said it’s much bigger around it and it’s a boil. The whole area is painful n I almost feel tired fatigued

hello all, I’m just getting over the shingles, it’s been three weeks of torture. Anyone else on Jakafi get the shingles? I was wondering if they had anything to do with this . I’ve been on Jakafi for a year now , 20 mg a day

Hi Peeps, I hope this post finds you as well as you can be today🫠 I seem to have acquired a new skill: shingles! I am immunosuppressed (have RA), have had an operation for breast cancer and radiotherapy back in May to July this year. Yes, I certainly know how to party! 🥳 I have been quite run down

I’ve been told that due to my RA (diagnosed Aug) that it is recommended to have the shingles vaccination. As it’s not a live vaccination, it is no longer mandatory to come of methotrexate. However it is recommended to come of 1 week before 1 week after. I’ve only been on methotrexate for 6 weeks,

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Hello everyone, I was deemed eligible for the shingles vaccine and will have it in early November. I’d appreciate any thoughts and expressions. I don’t know if I had chickenpox as a child. I was told this might be relevant. Many thanks

Yes, more good news!! This morning I woke up because my feet were cold; they were cold and wet. There was a 15 x 18-inch puddle of soaked bedding under my ankles and feet. My left ankle had been red for about a week, and I outlined the red area with a permanent marker to see if it shrank or got larger

As anyone had the shingles vaccine and how was you ??? I am on Benepali weekly hopefully I will be ok

my granddaughter has chicken pox , the older two have been vaccinated so hopefully won’t get it , how safe is it to see them ? Anyone done this , I’m on 3mg pred and had chicken pox as a child . Any advice welcome doc wasn’t very helpful .

Hello I was wondering if anybody had any insight on what this rash could be? I am prone to shingles and on prophylactic antivirals as I am primary immunocompromised with my lupus.Suffering quite a bit of stress at the moment with a poorly dog so not sure if it's just a flare of lupus or what it is?