Measles is viral infection. It is highly contagious. It causes fever, cough, and a rash. It was once a common childhood illness. It is not connected to shingles - they are different viruses.
Chickenpox is connected to shingles - do you mean chickenpox? Both of these come from the varicella zoster virus. If you had chickenpox as a child, you can still get shingles or you can get chickenpox as an adult although it's not as commonly seen. There is a chickenpox vaccine, a shingles vaccine and a measles vaccine.
The vaccine that could trigger shingles that you may be talking about is the flu virus - we have a lot of anecdotal and self-reporting evidence on this site that the flu virus could trigger shingles.
You post seems a little mixed up so let me know if I have answered your questions.
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Hello Anon
Thank you for writing!
Measles is viral infection. It is highly contagious. It causes fever, cough, and a rash. It was once a common childhood illness. It is not connected to shingles - they are different viruses.
Chickenpox is connected to shingles - do you mean chickenpox? Both of these come from the varicella zoster virus. If you had chickenpox as a child, you can still get shingles or you can get chickenpox as an adult although it's not as commonly seen. There is a chickenpox vaccine, a shingles vaccine and a measles vaccine.
The vaccine that could trigger shingles that you may be talking about is the flu virus - we have a lot of anecdotal and self-reporting evidence on this site that the flu virus could trigger shingles.
You post seems a little mixed up so let me know if I have answered your questions.
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September 13, 2018 - 5:53pmSusan
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