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I am travelling to India for a two week holiday. I have had all the NHS vaccinations. However the travel nurse suggested I also consider the jabs for rabies and Japanese encephalitis. I have spoken to a private travel clinic who have recommended rabies shots. However reading various studies the medications

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

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

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,

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?

Hi all, I don't have any current results other than TSH which is currently 60! My question is that I've been on T3 monotherapy for 4 years 25mcg daily broken down into 10 morning/10 afternoon/ 5 bedtime but for the past 7 months I've been having bad palpitations, fast heartrate (reached 200 last month

[i]Two of the common conditions associated with PBC are thyroid conditions and with those that cause anemia. This is because they both have shared genetic factors that affect our immune response. [/i] [i]An underactive thyroid is caused by an autoimmune response to the gland itself.[

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Hi All, after a couple of days of feeling quite ordinary, I developed a horrible rash which was raised and blistered . My immediate thought was Shingles. I was lucky enough to get an appointment when I booked this morning for today! Yes I know how lucky I am living in Tasmania and that some of you

Nice! This report is showing that Tetanus Vaccination has a positive association with decreased incidence of Parkinson's. It is might be too late for us but probably effective enough for halting progression. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.03.24306800v1 EDIT Bolt_Uprighthad posted

Nice! This report is showing that Tetanus Vaccination has a positive association with decreased incidence of Parkinson's. It is might be too late for us but probably effective enough for halting progression. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.03.24306800v1

Hi. I've just had my shingles vax and the after effects were horrible. I've now read that the second dose could be worse. I'm in two minds as to whether I should get it. Has anyone had the second one after suffering from the first? Was it really bad? I've reacted badly to all of my various vaccines

I’ve had a look online and I can’t find any reason as to why anyone with hashis shouldn’t have it? I’ve had shingles three times over the years and I now read this can happen more so in women with autoimmune conditions! Practice Nurse tells me that my having had recurrences, is all the more reason

I had my first shingles in 2022, and was cured within 1 week . I took the shingles vaccine shingles shoot after a month. Unfortunately, it repeatedly coming back in a firm of single single on the same spot for 5 to 6 times repeatedly till now. Every time I took the medication within 3 days for 3 days

Hi Everyone, I received my second (recombinant) shingles vaccine yesterday. The first one caused a mild fever and malaise. This time my finger joints are stiff and pretty painful. Has anyone else had something similar and, if so, how long did it last? Thanks so much

Hey really need to find others who have mollaret meningitis. Had it 6 times in 5 years, each time is a longer stay in hospital and the after effects are real. I'm in uk, would love to chat about our experiences

I have RA and on cimzia injections every 2 weeks.I can't have the shingles vaccine due to it being a live vaccine. My consultant mentioned a non live one (in his words a 'dead' one) Has anyone had this at all