We offer the Shingles vaccine in our clinic in Maidstone. Just make a booking online and present yourself at the clinic at the scheduled time.We also provide a wide range of other non-travel and travel vaccines and antimalarials.
This vaccination is suitable for those with age 50 years and above. The course has only one injection in the upper arm. Despite getting vaccinated you can get shingles but the symptoms will be mild. The vaccine is not protection against chickenpox although shingles and chickenpox are caused by the same virus.
Reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox virus) in adulthood leads to a painful skin rash known as Shingles (herpes zoster). It is believed that 90% of the UK population are infected with the virus that causes shingles. There is a 1 in 4 chance of the dormant varicella-zoster virus reactivating and causing shingles.
It starts as a burning or painful sensation over an area of skin, leading to a rash that develops into fluid-filled blisters. It typically affects one side of the body. It generally affects the head, face, chest and eyes. The blisters burst and turn into sores before healing.
The risk of shingles rises with age. Those 50 and over are at a far higher risk of developing shingles at some point. This is largely due to the weakening of the immune system as we grow older. This decline in our immunity occurs naturally with age.
One can’t catch shingles as it is caused by reactivation of chickenpox virus but if someone who has never contracted chickenpox comes in contact with a shingles patient then he or she can get chickenpox.
We offer the Shingles vaccine as a private service at our clinic in Maidstone. You are advised to book your appointment online to save yourself from the difficulty of the waiting in the queue. During the appointment, you and one of our pharmacists will have a short consultation and our pharmacist will go through your vaccination and medical history to check the suitability of the vaccine for you.
Maidstone Travel Clinic,
97 Heath Road, Coxheath ME17 4EH
We offer quality travel health services at our travel clinic. We have made excellent arrangements for all travel vaccination and travel medication under one roof.