A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
I wouldn’t take my word for it, but yes. It’s usually from having had chickenpox as a kid, the herpes zoster virus hides dormant in your nerve stems, where the immune system cannot get to them.
I’d imagine any improvement to your immune response will help keep it in check.
It lives in your nerve stems and never goes away. It just waits until your immune system is low enough to spread again.
Right, so would the vaccine help then?
I wouldn’t take my word for it, but yes. It’s usually from having had chickenpox as a kid, the herpes zoster virus hides dormant in your nerve stems, where the immune system cannot get to them. I’d imagine any improvement to your immune response will help keep it in check.