More on the AD and Herpes connection

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More on the AD and Herpes connection

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More on the AD and Herpes connection:

http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/examin ... le/409953/
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when I had shingles the antiviral medications gave such relief I will take them anytime ! They also will have to be my treatment for the flu since my doctor advised me not to get the flu shot anymore.
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tesslo wrote:when I had shingles the antiviral medications gave such relief I will take them anytime ! They also will have to be my treatment for the flu since my doctor advised me not to get the flu shot anymore.
Why did your doctor advise this Tesslo?
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I've had shingles twice already, the second episode a year after getting the vaccine. I now take 500 mg valacyclovir as a preventive. I'd hate to have it resurface in my CNS, but I saw one article suggesting herpes zoster wasn't normally found in the brain like simplex. My doc thinks I should get another vaccine, but my mast cell symptoms were terrible for about four months after the first. Although other things could have caused that it makes me nervous and I can't decide whether to get the vaccine again. I guess several months excited mast cells isn't as bad as AD! I wonder why they don't include zoster in these studies.
ApoE 3/4 > Thanks in advance for any responses made to my posts.
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