My sister had shingles but had absolutely no reaction to her Pfizer 2doses.

I am just seeing this. My good friend has had shingles several times. She is 50 and in addition, has 2 immune conditions. She was vaccinated for Shingles just before the shutdown. She received the Pfizer vaccine with no reaction at all. Hope that helps.

Gosh you would think this would be front page news if it was a frequent effect. No one in my family has had a shingles occurrence or recurrence. Some have had shingles (FIL).

I have had shingles, the Shingrix vaccine and one dose of Moderna with no reaction except a sore arm, much like any other vaccination.

My mother had a bad case of shingles a few years ago, but no shingles like reaction from her two Moderna shots.

Have you had the Shingrix vaccine? WebMD states there hasn't been a connection between the Covid vaccine and Shingles.

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210209/experts-debunk-covid-19-vaccine-shingles-link

I had shingles for the second time in Feb 2020 and then got the shingles 2 dose vaccination. I got my first dose of Moderna 3 weeks ago and no problems.

I’ve never heard of that being a problem with the Covid jab.

Several people in my circle have had reactions similar to shingles, but not serious. Two reported facial pain similar to a burn.

I have a history of recurrent shingles but so far so good after first moderna shot on March 6th I get my last dose on 4/10( a week late due to Easter). My hematologist, I have a blood disease, said the benefit of the vaccine outweighs any possible effects and if the vaccine caused thrombocytopenia or clotting( my disease causes both) for me than catching covid would likely do even worse. Same is likely true about shingles.

Good luck.

shingles are known to occur after many vaccinations and infections not just covid.

When you Google this subject there are a lot of hits stating that the COVID Vaccine can induce a reaction similar in symptom and severity to that of the Shingrix (Shingles) vaccine, but nothing to suggest that the COVID Vaccine causes Shingles itself. Perhaps in your conversation with your doctor this distinction wasn’t clear to you.

Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when one of our members Lyfia posted about having a rash reaction? Evidently it is a reaction that some people have, although I haven't read where it is actual shingles, just similar. But maybe other people know more. I couldn't find the link to the article I had found on the rash reaction. It has been documented though. Maybe Lyfia will chime in on her experience. A friend got tingling sensations but no rash. My husband had almost no reactions other than a sore arm and some tired and achy feeling but he said that's almost a normal thing for him anyway . . .

Good to know it’s not too common or severe a reaction. I got my first dose of Pfizer a week ago. (Our state has expanded eligibility widely. Hooray!)

I didn’t have any shingles-like ache, thank goodness. I still have shingles nerve pain occasionally, and it‘s the only physical pain I fear. I’m glad the first dose of the COVID vaccine brought on no nerve pain.

Lyfia said she had hives.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6067200/vaccine-side-effects-hives-after-almost-a-week#n=28

Did the PCP provide any evidence?

Heres a recent discussion on this:

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210209/experts-debunk-covid-19-vaccine-shingles-link

Other than that, Theres a New England Journal of Medicine article on skin reactions at the injection site that show up after several days.

There are reports of skin reactions over arms, trunk, abdomen, also showing up about 5-7 days; however, not published yet.

There were documented reports of Herpes zoster infections co-occurring with covid disease But not the vaccine.

Marie-cate, yes I had the shingrix vaccine when it became available, which was, ironically a few months after I had my monstrous case of shingles. And thanks for sharing Lyfia’s post.

Fraser, no, j wasn’t mistaken. My PCP’s comments were through written communication via MyChart. It was pretty clear she wasn’t comparing the COVID vaccine reaction to shingles vaccine reaction.

Nosoccermom, she didn’t reference any study or statistical data. Here is the pertinent part of her MyChart message: “I will warn you that both with COVID illness and the vaccine, I have seen some outbreaks of Shingles. I still think you should get the vaccine as the illness itself has brought a good bit of Shingles too, but I wanted you to be aware.”

<There are reports of skin reactions over arms, trunk, abdomen, also showing up about 5-7 days; however, not published yet.>

I had this reaction, including rashes on the tops of my feet, and they showed up about 3-5 days after my vaccination and lasted more than two weeks before subsiding. I mentioned this to the technician when I got my second shot, and she told me that this is a common reaction and that I should wait 30 minutes instead of 15 minutes after my shot before leaving the building.

After my second shot, the rashes have gotten worse again, but not as bad as with the first round. I was told to take Benedryl for the rash. At first she told me to take Claritin, but I told her that I have an allergy to that. If I take Claritin for 5 days straight, I develop schizophrenic symptoms, with what would be paranoid delusions, except that I recognize them as delusions brought on by something I have taken. I get the same reaction to Erythromycin, and so I do not take that either.

I had hives with the first shot that showed up 6 days after and also hives again after the second, but much milder this time. Still in the middle of the last ones, but they have been more limited. From the second shot it took 12 days before they showed up. Not shingles and I had doctors appointments for both and have that confirmed.

Hives is a common reaction to viruses and it appears that several that have gotten sick with this particular virus have issues with rashes too so I guess it is to be expected you can get it from the vaccine.

Whoa Lars, that’s scary.

Both of my sisters have had horrible cases of shingles, amongst the worst I've known of, and neither has had a reaction to the Covid vaccine.

Bestyears, I didn’t have any reaction to the first shot either. Second one is about 10 days away. Hopefully, it will also be uneventful.

DH had shingles as well as both vaccines. He has had both doses of the Moderna COVID vaccine with no reaction other than a sore arm. No shingles pain or other problems. I got the Pfizer COVID vaccine and previously had Shingrix. Had a very strong and long reaction to Shingrix, but would say I had little to no reaction with the COVID vaccine other than a mildly sore arm. I was tired and had a headache off and on the day after the shot, but I had also been up half the night for several nights with our dog who was having some problems.