On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 21:47:38 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 6/1/2014 1:56 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>
>>
>> I asked my doctor about the shingles shot for myself and DH, and she
>> told me it wasn't effective at all, and in fact could CAUSE shingles!
>
>I think your doctor is misinformed. Not perfect, they can lessen the
>effects.

She is a very good doctor. I defer to her wisdom.
>>
>> What you have to do is immediately go to the ER if you have shingles
>> symptom - pain that is on one side of the body only. It can manifest
>> on the abdomen, arm, or face.
>
>What is the ER going to do? We recently had a thread here about ER and
>walk in clinics that are best suited to handle thing like that. Fast
>treatment helps, but it is not life threatening. Save the ER for heart
>attacks and auto accidents.

She told me to go to the ER if I had symptoms, and they would make a
firm diagnosis plus prescribe suitable medication. (BTW, she is the
head ER doctor in our hospital.) We don't have walk-in clinics where I
live. Just a hospital.

Doris.