Although chickenpox vaccines do contain a weakened version of the live virus which can reactivate later in life and cause shingles this is very rare he said.
Can you get shingles even if you had the chickenpox vaccine.
Nearly 99 percent of children who.
Chickenpox and shingles are related because they are caused by the same virus varicella zoster virus.
If you had zostavax in the recent past you should wait at least eight weeks before getting shingrix.
There s a new and improved shingles vaccine shingrix which is approved for people ages 50 and over even for those who received thefirst shingles vaccine zostavax.
That s because the chickenpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.
Shingrix recommended for everyone age 50 and older whether or not you remember having had chickenpox because most people have been exposed to the virus.
It can reactivate years later and cause shingles.
You can get shingles if you have been vaccinated with the chickenpox vaccine even if you have never had a natural chickenpox infection though.
The cdc says that doctors need not ask patients if they ever had chickenpox or test for antibodies to it before giving them the shingles vaccine.