They used to teach in med school that if you have had the Chicken Pox Virus (Varicella Zoster), and then get around children or people with chicken pox, you could catch it again as "shingles". One was advised to avoid people with chicken pox. Now they have shown the original virus lies dormant (similar to the way Herpes Zoster does) and expresses itself later in life as shingles.
I wonder what the difference in the actual virus is since they use a separate vaccine to help prevent shingles. And why is immunity not obtained with the original chicken pox vaccine, or prior exposure to the disease itself? Perhaps the vaccine itself sets one up for shingles later on.
As a side note, and from what I can recall from biology class, does reverse transcriptase (transcription) play a part in any of this mRNA? Could this account for mRNA changing ones DNA?
I remember my mom arguing with the school about me having to get a chicken pox vaccine. All my siblings are 80s kids and brought me home the chicken pox before I even started school. I was required before starting school to have that vaccine. What my mom argued was why I had to get the vaccine for chicken pox if I already had it. Whats intresting is a girl who is 4 years younger than me at work had the vaccine too but never had the chicken pox. She descrived her rash as localized chicken pox. She was under the impression chicken pox was a disgusting lesion causing disease and I explained to her having the chicken pox was like having thousands of mosquito bites at once and youd get lesions if you scratched.
They used to teach in med school that if you have had the Chicken Pox Virus (Varicella Zoster), and then get around children or people with chicken pox, you could catch it again as "shingles". One was advised to avoid people with chicken pox. Now they have shown the original virus lies dormant (similar to the way Herpes Zoster does) and expresses itself later in life as shingles. I wonder what the difference in the actual virus is since they use a separate vaccine to help prevent shingles. And why is immunity not obtained with the original chicken pox vaccine, or prior exposure to the disease itself? Perhaps the vaccine itself sets one up for shingles later on. As a side note, and from what I can recall from biology class, does reverse transcriptase (transcription) play a part in any of this mRNA? Could this account for mRNA changing ones DNA?
I remember my mom arguing with the school about me having to get a chicken pox vaccine. All my siblings are 80s kids and brought me home the chicken pox before I even started school. I was required before starting school to have that vaccine. What my mom argued was why I had to get the vaccine for chicken pox if I already had it. Whats intresting is a girl who is 4 years younger than me at work had the vaccine too but never had the chicken pox. She descrived her rash as localized chicken pox. She was under the impression chicken pox was a disgusting lesion causing disease and I explained to her having the chicken pox was like having thousands of mosquito bites at once and youd get lesions if you scratched.