The be-all and end-all to protect yourself from diseases is an intact immune system. A balanced diet and regular exercise support the immune system. Another way to strengthen the body’s defenses are vaccinations. Because a preventive vaccination can not only protect against a serious preventable disease, but at the same time improve and maintain the general resilience of the immune system. A trained immune system can in turn offer protection against further diseases or a severe course of the disease.
dr medical Andreas Leischker, MA, founding member of the “AG Vaccination” of the German Society for Geriatrics: “In my medical practice I experience again and again how few people know their personal risk of developing shingles. In fact, every person who has had chickenpox once in their life belongs to the risk group and that is almost 100% in the over 50 year olds. The good news: Vaccination can provide very reliable protection against shingles, especially in old age, when the body’s immune system is weakening. In addition, every vaccination helps to strengthen the immune system and protect us from serious diseases.”
The Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) recommends a shingles vaccination for people over 60 as a standard vaccination and for people with an underlying disease (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD, rheumatism, etc.) from the age of 50 as an indication vaccination*.
Talk to your doctor about your personal risk of becoming ill and how you can protect yourself.
* The available vaccinations have been tested in comprehensive clinical studies and are approved as safe. As with many vaccinations, vaccination reactions can also occur with a shingles vaccination. They arise because the immune system is activated and produces antibodies. If vaccination reactions occur, they usually last only one to three days. Typical symptoms include pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, as well as exhaustion, headaches, muscle pain and fever.
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