Shingles Vaccine for Recurrent Herpes Simplex

Shingles Vaccine for Recurrent Herpes Simplex

I have been following Linda for about seven years now, treating her for Hashimotos’ thyroiditis.  Her thyroid function is good, and her antibodies have actually declined about 50% from her first panel.  Linda takes acyclovir daily for many years now for recurrent attacks of oral-facial herpes simplex which can be quite debilitating.   I actually wrote an earlier article on natural treatments for herpes with her in mind.  Last week she came in to the office for her annual followup visit and we were chatting.  Linda said she was thinking of going for a Shingles vaccination.  Perhaps it would help with the Herpes. I immediately jumped down poor Linda’s throat condemning the idea.

I must confess that I have been somewhat anti-vaccination lately, having read the Suzanne Humphries book, Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History. So, I said that this is a bad idea, citing many harmful ingredients in vaccines, and lack of any studies showing efficacy.

After a few minutes I thought well,  maybe somebody else has done a study and tried it? Why not look it up on Google Scholar, and see what we can find out? Up popped a 2012 study from a hospital in Paris France,  Efficacy of antiVZV antiHSV3 vaccine HSV1 HSV2 recurrent herpes simplex Jacqueline Le Goaster 2012.

in this prospective study, the doctors actually gave  shingles vaccine to 24 patients with recurrent facial herpes, in spite of their daily acyclovir.  Another 25 patient serves as control.  Remarkably, the shingles vaccine group had zero recurrence of herpes over 6 years of follow up, while the control group continued to have 4-5 outbreaks per year as before.

I turned to Linda and said I would have to change my opinion, as this actually looks pretty good.  So, if you notice a piece of my hat missing, that’s  where I had to take a large bite and “Eat My Hat”.

Jeffrey Dach MD

Article with related interest:

Herpes Simplex Natural Treatments

Links and References

1) Efficacy of antiVZV antiHSV3 vaccine HSV1 HSV2 recurrent herpes simplex Jacqueline Le Goaster 2012

Jeffrey Dach MD

7450 Griffin Road Suite 190

Davie, Fl 33314

954-792-4663

www.jeffreydachmd.com

http://www.drdach.com

http://www.naturalmedicine101.com

http://www.truemedmd.com

Disclaimer click here: http://www.drdach.com/wst_page20.html

The reader is advised to discuss the comments on these pages with his/her personal physicians and to only act upon the advice of his/her personal physician. Also note that concerning an answer which appears as an electronically posted question, I am NOT creating a physician — patient relationship. Although identities will remain confidential as much as possible, as I can not control the media, I can not take responsibility for any breaches of confidentiality that may occur.

Link to this article

Copyright (c) 2015 Jeffrey Dach MD All Rights Reserved. This article may be reproduced on the internet without permission, provided there is a link to this page and proper credit is given.

FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of issues of significance. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

Serving Areas of: Hollywood, Aventura, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Davie, Coral Springs, Cooper City, Sunshine Ranches, Hallandale, Surfside, Miami Beach, Sunny Isles, Normandy Isles, Coral Gables, Hialeah, Golden Beach ,Kendall,sunrise, coral springs, parkland,pompano, boca raton, palm beach, weston, dania beach, tamarac, oakland park, boynton beach, delray,lake worth,wellington,plantation.

The post Shingles Vaccine for Recurrent Herpes Simplex appeared first on Jeffrey Dach MD .