“I can’t eat or sleep well when it hurts. I don’t want to suffer from this crime again.” Uncle Chen, who had just been cured and discharged from the hospital early on April 23, rushed to the Hanyang Qinduankou Community Health Service Center to be vaccinated. Shingles Vaccine
April 25th is #NationalVaccinationDay# Han Yan, director of the community health service center, said that shingles has the “top pain”, and vaccination is recognized by the medical community as a preventive measure. The most effective measures for the onset of herpes zoster
The citizens are vaccinated against herpes zoster.
Level 10 pain! People over the age of 50 are most likely to be targeted
Uncle Chen, who is nearly 70 years old, lives in the Qili Temple in Hanyang. His son once suggested that he get a shingles vaccine, but he refused. Uncle Chen believed that he had chickenpox when he was a child, and would definitely not get shingles again. Unexpectedly, after a cold a month ago, Uncle Chen suddenly developed large patches of herpes on his chest and back, which were red, itchy, and unbearably painful. He was diagnosed at the hospital. Because of herpes zoster, she stayed in the hospital for half a month.
Han Yan, director of the Hanyang Qinduankou Community Health Service Center, introduced that herpes zoster can occur at any age, and the incidence and severity increase with age, especially for middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old .
Currently, the treatment of herpes zoster is mainly symptomatic treatment. Once the best time for treatment is missed, the nerve damaged by the virus will be difficult to repair, and it is very easy to appear neuralgia.
People over the age of 50 are more likely to experience nerve pain due to their declining immunity and multiple underlying diseases. They are also more prone to anxiety and sleep disorders, which seriously affect their quality of life. . The most difficult thing is that the clinical treatment effect of postherpetic neuralgia is very limited.
It will still relapse, and the symptoms will be more severe
Han Yan said that the turn of spring and summer is the peak season of herpes zoster. People who are vaccinated are not alone.
She called on middle-aged and elderly people over 50 to be vaccinated as soon as possible. People who have had shingles should not take it lightly, and there is a possibility of recurrence. In the event of recurrence, symptoms and pain tend to be more severe, and for them, vaccine protection is more needed.
In addition to the shingles vaccine, older adults should also be actively vaccinated against influenza and pneumonia.
Reminder
There are 2 doses of herpes zoster vaccine, and the second dose and the first dose are given 2 months apart. At present, all community health service centers in Wuhan can provide shingles vaccination services, and citizens can go to the nearest place to make an appointment.
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