Anyone here ever get Herpes?

[Titty Meat]

You still have sex?

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Space herpes are no joking matter

[BullJunkandIron]

Herpes slerpes smerpes

[Don Corlemahomes]

Originally Posted by SPATCH

You are very smart.

Sorry, dude. Just FYI.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Cunning Linguist

There's a vaccine. I don't know how effective it is, but it has to be more effective than that for it to be recommended.

It's not a vaccine in the sense of a children's chicken pox vaccine where those immunized kids will never see chicken pox or the subsequent shingles. It doesn't prevent the reoccurence of chicken pox/shingles in adults, it just attempts to boost your resistance to it much in the same way that you would if your kids showed up with the pox one day. It doesn't guarantee that you are not going to get it in the future.

[Don Corlemahomes]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

It's not a vaccine in the sense of a children's chicken pox vaccine where those immunized kids will never see chicken pox or the subsequent shingles. It doesn't prevent the reoccurence of chicken pox/shingles in adults, it just attempts to boost your resistance to it much in the same way that you would if your kids showed up with the pox one day. It doesn't guarantee that you are not going to get it in the future.

I can live with that explanation. The vaccine is less effective as one ages, so I'm sure that 75% figure is pretty accurate.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Cunning Linguist

I can live with that explanation. The vaccine is less effective as one ages, so I'm sure that 75% figure is pretty accurate.

As well, they don't currently provide the vaccine to anyone under 50 years old.

They'll probably start doing that, as, like I said, you are seeing more and more shingles cases in adults in their 20's, 30's and 40's due to the lack of the virus being circulated in the general population.

I got it this summer. Two other people at my work, both in their 20's got it in the past two years.

My case was relatively benign and has disappeared within 2.5 months. Didn't have a lot of pain associated with the nerve inflamation that is usually associated with the shingles and it was confined to just my back, side and chest in the typically seen horseshoe shape in three small areas.

I consider myself pretty lucky in that some people get it on their face, throat, eyes, legs, etc., are in immense amount of pain and it lasts for six months or more and looks like you've got third degree burns. Now my immune system is jacked back up and most likely (hopefully) I'll never see it again.

[Don Corlemahomes]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

As well, they don't currently provide the vaccine to anyone under 50 years old.

They'll probably start doing that, as, like I said, you are seeing more and more shingles cases in adults in their 20's, 30's and 40's due to the lack of the virus being circulated in the general population.

I got it this summer. Two other people at my work, both in their 20's got it in the past two years.

My case was relatively benign and has disappeared within 2.5 months. Didn't have a lot of pain associated with the nerve inflamation that is usually associated with the shingles and it was confined to just my back, side and chest in the typically seen horseshoe shape in three small areas.

I consider myself pretty lucky in that some people get it on their face, throat, eyes, legs, etc., are in immense amount of pain and it lasts for six months or more and looks like you've got third degree burns. Now my immune system is jacked back up and most likely (hopefully) I'll never see it again.

Damn, dude. Glad your course was benign. I heard the pain can be intense, and we don't have much to treat it.

[R8RFAN]

I used to get the Herpes on my lip when I was younger but as I got older I never seem to get the herpes on my lip anymore... I have had that tingly feelimg in my lip like the herpes but never get the herpes anymore...

Anyone else experience this phenomenon ?

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

It's actually nearly guaranteed that you'll have shingles later in life. I think it's somewhere around 75% of all people 80 and over will get shingles.

As well, because of the immunizations that kids now get against chicken pox, the virus isn't being circulated in the general population like it used to and your body's resistance to the virus starts to drop. That's why there are more and more people in their 20's, 30's and 40's who are now getting shingles where they didn't see it until people got into their 60's, 70's and 80's when their resistance to the virus was lowered because of a naturally weakening immune system.

However, once you get shingles, your immune system gets a boost on it's resistance to the virus and you'll likely never get it again.

I know.

I got chicken pox p.II this summer.

I got the shingles in July 2013... That shit ain't no joke..

Doc said I can get them again... Had a friend who got them on his face and scarred him for life

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Cunning Linguist

Damn, dude. Glad your course was benign. I heard the pain can be intense, and we don't have much to treat it.

Yeah, there isn't much you can do for it other than some Fentanyl patches and I wasn't getting junkied up on that shit for months. Sometimes you just got to grin and bear it.

The pain with the shingles was funny. It came in bursts versus a lingering constant pain. Like someone hit you with a hot poker in numerous random spots every so often.

[RunKC]

I got shingles on my back when I was 12. It was the most painful experience ever.
I literally could not wear a shirt it hurt so bad.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I got shingles on my back when I was 12. It was the most painful experience ever.
I literally could not wear a shirt it hurt so bad.

Brutal... Must have been double brutal to have to go through that shit as a kid

[RINGLEADER]

Don't have it but have had girlfriends who did. As long as you're safe about it I'm not sure it's that big of a deal.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Cunning Linguist

There's a vaccine. I don't know how effective it is, but it has to be more effective than that for it to be recommended.

It's about 50%.

Also, the term "the clap" for gonorrhea comes from the French "clappoir," which means brothel.

[Don Corlemahomes]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

It's about 50%.

Yep

The Shingles Prevention Study (SPS) demonstrated that the live, attenuated zoster vaccine (ZV) (Zostavax; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Whitehouse Station, NJ) reduced the burden of illness due to HZ in persons aged ≥60 years by 61%; the incidence of PHN by 66%; and the incidence of HZ by 51% [12]. The efficacy of the ZV for preventing HZ decreased with increasing age (64% in subjects aged 60–69 years; 41% in subjects aged 70–79 years; and 18% in subjects ages ≥80 years) [13].