The shingles vaccine is on the hot search, should middle-aged and elderly people take it?

　　Yangcheng Evening News reporter Zhang Hua reported: On June 20, a topic "It is recommended to take parents to get shingles vaccine as soon as possible" quickly became a hot search on Weibo, with over 500 million views.

Is the shingles vaccine a must for older adults?

Wu Wenfeng, director of the Dengfeng Street Community Health Service Center in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, said that there are about 1.56 million new cases of herpes zoster among people over 50 years old in my country every year. Because the resistance of middle-aged and elderly people is easy to decline and some patients are infected with herpes zoster "Neuralgia" may remain, so it is recommended that people who can afford the shingles virus vaccine be vaccinated after the age of 50.

　　According to reports, the herpes zoster virus is the same type of virus that causes chickenpox in childhood.

When the body's resistance is low or fatigued, or catch a cold, the virus can be activated again, causing herpes zoster.

　　Wu Wenfeng pointed out: "The patients with herpes zoster are mostly middle-aged and elderly people, especially those who take steroids or immunosuppressants for a long time. The duration of herpes zoster is about half a month. Days or so, itching, burning, severe pain occurred at the onset site, followed by mung bean-sized herpes, which quickly became banded. When the herpes was dry and crusted, it was basically considered good. However, some patients still remained after the blisters disappeared completely. Neuralgia remains. According to statistics, about 10% of patients with herpes zoster will have postherpetic neuralgia, and the incidence rate is highest in elderly patients over 60 years old, reaching 50%-75%.”

　　Wang Ming, chief expert of Guangzhou Preventive Medicine Association, introduced to reporters that according to the clinical study of recombinant vaccines, the 50-69-year-old age group received 2 doses of recombinant shingles vaccine, the effective rate of preventing shingles can reach 97%, and the prevention of neuralgia can reach 97%. The effective rate can reach 91%; for people over 70 years old, the protective power is still greater than 85%.

Because the risk of developing shingles increases with age, vaccination is recommended for people over 50 to prevent shingles in old age.

　　It is reported that the strip vaccine is 1629 yuan / dose, a total of two doses, the second dose and the first dose are vaccinated two months apart.