vancartistAm recovering from psoriasis and think I should get shingles vaccine but am scared to as afraid will renew psoriasis all over again.
Will shingles vaccine reactivate psoriasis that I have?
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- 21 Jul 2012 by vancartist
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- psoriasis, herpes zoster
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kaismama11 days ago
Actually, it's plausible that the Shingles virus could aggravate Psoriasis. Psoriasis exists because the skin is always in "injured" mode, thus the faster production of more skin cells. When Shingles hits the dermal area it affects, it could trigger the "injured" mode of Psoriasis. Just because they are two, separate things doesn't mean they're mutually exclusive.
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I feel since both are skin disease, that they both have some similarities and might 'overlap' each other in symptoms. Still have mild psoriasis and so am leery that it will flare up again w/shingle vaccine. Your comments...
Psoriasis is an auto immune disease, and shingles is caused by a virus. There are many skin diseases and they aren't all related.
Thankyou!!
You're welcome, any time
Kaismama,
That's a pretty cavalier answer and it happens to be incorrect. There are many things that can cause a psoriasis flare up including a number of infections that are not at all related to psoriasis... strep for example. In fact it is not at all clear that the shingles vaccine is completely safe for people with psoriasis as no studies have been done. Anybody with psoriasis should discuss this with his or her dermatologist.