A
new study has connected shingles to increased rates of acute cardiovascular
events such as ischemic stroke. The same research, from the Mayo Clinic, has
drawn a connection between developing shingles and asthma.
Shingles (caused by the
virus herpes zoster) is a disease characterized by a painful skin rash with
blisters. Symptoms include a burning rash, together with headache, fever, and
malaise.
Moreover,
research indicates that childhood asthma to be linked to higher risk of
developing shingles as an adult. This was derived at after a review of medical
records from adults aged 50 and over from Olmsted County, Minnesota. These data
were cross-referenced with the frequency of asthma in people diagnosed with
shingles.
It was found that the mean
(average) age of the patients with shingles was 67 years. Using logistic
regression, the researchers calculated that adults who had asthma had a 70%
higher risk of developing shingles as compared with those without asthma.
The
inference from this study is that older adults with asthma should consider
being immunized against shingles by vaccination.
Speaking
with Medline, Dr. Young Juhn, a general academic pediatrician and asthma
epidemiologist at the Mayo Clinic Children's Research Center, noted: “As asthma is
an unrecognized risk factor for zoster [shingles] in adults, consideration
should be given to immunizing adults aged 50 years and older with asthma or
atopic dermatitis as a target group for zoster [shingles] vaccination.”
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