# Did you Get the New Shingles shot? Were you sick afterwards?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 2, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-the-new-shingles-shot-were-you-sick-afterwards/827067 "2019-01-02T00:07:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-the-new-shingles-shot-were-you-sick-afterwards/827067/41 "2019-04-10T20:28:37Z")

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I’ve had the 2 doses of Shingrix and after the first shot I noticed slight pain, like bruising, around the injection site. That lasted for about 4 days. The second shot had the same discomfort but it only lasted about a day and a half. For the poll I said no side effects.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-the-new-shingles-shot-were-you-sick-afterwards/827067/42 "2019-04-10T21:56:30Z")

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> [@TimeWinder](#):
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> Shingles is caused by a herpes-variant virus. It is not caused by stress.

While true, something has to trigger the dormant virus. And a weakened immune system due to stress is a [possible trigger](https://www.healthline.com/health/shingles-and-stress).

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-the-new-shingles-shot-were-you-sick-afterwards/827067/43 "2019-04-10T22:40:49Z")

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I was a guinea pig for the current shingles shot - after the study was finished I was told I got the real shot not the saline water shot. Other than a bit tender for a day where the shots were, nothing. Given what I know about shingles, almost any short term side effect would be worth avoiding shingles! Given I just spent the past almost year dealing with stage 3 cancer, complete with trashed immune system I was glad to avoid any shingles [though I did pick up a case of pneumonia while hospitalized]

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