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There’s an article on the associated press website (apnews.com) today entitled “Shingles is awful, but there may be another reason to get vaccinated. It may fight dementia”



One study found that having an episode of shingles infection could raise someone’s risk of developing dementia by 20 percent. Also the shingles infection can produce a protein called amyloid which is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.



Very interesting to me especially while dealing with having a parent with some kind of dementia.

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What this "accidental" study illuminated was *not* that shingles in particular had an impact on dementia but that the prevention of certain *viruses* may have an impact. It just happened to involve the shingles vaccination process in Wales in this one instance.
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This is the second reference to this on the site, and we should all hope that it is correct. The study was in Wales, so on the UK National Health, which is not known for false hype reports.

Shingles is not an infection in itself. It comes from the re-activation of something (plaques?) permanently left in the blood after Chicken Pox in earlier years. The study appeared to say that the shingles vaccine affected the plaques that dementia causes, as well as the shingles potential re-activation. Let’s hope it works out!
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My Aunt is 96 yrs years old. She has had 2 bouts of shingles and still hasca sharp mind.

But, I have been debating getting the shingle shot, maybe this is a another reason to get it.
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Now they are saying a link between anti-depressants and Dementia as well.
I mean, given all the studies indicating we will die off, most of us are living very long lives!
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If you actually read the article carefully you will see that the point is that maybe viruses *in general* are what contributes to the buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain and therefore ALZ and cognitive impairment. The study just by chance happened to revolve around the administration of the shingles vaccine in Wales and turned out to *accidentally* become a perfect study group and experiment.
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My 99 year old friend has been suffering from shingles for at least 3 years. She's still sharp as a tack, the nicest person, savvy about politics, the past and thoughts about the future, and still insists on living alone. Btw, when one of her children aren't visiting her (weekly and for a couple of days), a hired lady comes in daily for 4 hours.

My husband had shingles, 15 years later developed alzheimers. His mom had the same dementia but never shingles.
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You will get as many people saying they prevent dementia, then another study saying they, cause dementia.

Then a whole new argument, and group of people arguing over that

And one more controversy and something to complain to each other about.

As I said with Covid vaccine, many times over , it is a personal choice only you can make, and honestly it's getting where it should be a secret and not discussed. Same with this or anything vaccine.

But thanks for the info!

I am just so gosh darn tired of this vaccine controversy
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