by Laura
I am all for natural modes of pain
relief, but sometimes there is a good reason for an inoculation. One
case in point is shingles. Do you know that there is a vaccine
for that?
You have to be at least age 60
and have had chicken pox as a child to benefit from the shot.
Shingles strikes about one million
Americans a year and can bring crippling pain and headaches.
Shingles can cause permanent nerve damage.
A neighbor gets shingles attacks and is
out of commission for a few days at a time because of the headaches.
Some people experience attacks that last three or four weeks at a
time, and no one I know of can afford to be out of commission for
that long!
Now I have to admit that the shot may
only work completely for about half the people who receive it.
However, the others have much less severe attacks and may escape
permanent nerve damage. The only real obstacle is that the
vaccine may cost you a rather hefty co-payment of about $60 or
$75 or so. Still, it can save you a heck of a lot of pain and lost
work time. Worth thinking about!
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