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Shingles may lead to stroke and heart attack
The herpes zoster virus causes chickenpox and shingles; following shingles, there appears to be a higher risk of acute cardiovascular events such as stroke or myocardial infarction
Shingles can appear at any age but particularly in people over 60, those who had chickenpox before the age of 1 year, or individuals with a weakened immune system
Acute cardiovascular diseases CVDs, including ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction MI, are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the US A better understanding is needed of what causes acute CVDs and how they can be prevented
Caroline Minassian and colleagues from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK wanted to measure the short-term increased risk of stroke and MI after zoster, as well as the impact of zoster vaccination
The researchers then calculated the chance of having stroke or MI within 12 months of a zoster diagnosis, compared with times when the patient did not have the virus, known as the baseline period They also adjusted for age
Among those diagnosed with herpes zoster within the past year, there was a 24-times higher chance of an ischemic stroke and 17 times higher chance of MI in the first week after herpes zoster, compared with the baseline period The risk decreased gradually over the 6 months following the herpes zoster diagnosis
Ischemic stroke and MI incidence ratios appeared to be the same regardless of whether individuals had been vaccinated against zoster or not
A previous study published by Medical News Today suggests that a higher rate of stroke is linked to shingles
Additional source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Shingles surveillance, accessed 15 December 2015
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MLABrazier, Yvette Shingles may lead to stroke and heart attack Medical News Today MediLexicon, Intl, 15 Dec 2015 Web5 Jul 2019 <https://wwwmedicalnewstodaycom/articles/304093php>
APABrazier, Y 2015, December 15 Shingles may lead to stroke and heart attack Medical News Today Retrieved fromhttps://wwwmedicalnewstodaycom/articles/304093php
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The herpes zoster virus causes chickenpox and shingles; following shingles, there appears to be a higher risk of acute cardiovascular events such as stroke or myocardial infarction
Shingles can appear at any age but particularly in people over 60, those who had chickenpox before the age of 1 year, or individuals with a weakened immune system
Acute cardiovascular diseases CVDs, including ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction MI, are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the US A better understanding is needed of what causes acute CVDs and how they can be prevented
Caroline Minassian and colleagues from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK wanted to measure the short-term increased risk of stroke and MI after zoster, as well as the impact of zoster vaccination
The researchers then calculated the chance of having stroke or MI within 12 months of a zoster diagnosis, compared with times when the patient did not have the virus, known as the baseline period They also adjusted for age
Among those diagnosed with herpes zoster within the past year, there was a 24-times higher chance of an ischemic stroke and 17 times higher chance of MI in the first week after herpes zoster, compared with the baseline period The risk decreased gradually over the 6 months following the herpes zoster diagnosis
Ischemic stroke and MI incidence ratios appeared to be the same regardless of whether individuals had been vaccinated against zoster or not
A previous study published by Medical News Today suggests that a higher rate of stroke is linked to shingles
Additional source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Shingles surveillance, accessed 15 December 2015
Visit our Shingles category page for the latest news on this subject, or sign up to our newsletter to receive the latest updates on Shingles
MLABrazier, Yvette Shingles may lead to stroke and heart attack Medical News Today MediLexicon, Intl, 15 Dec 2015 Web5 Jul 2019 <https://wwwmedicalnewstodaycom/articles/304093php>
APABrazier, Y 2015, December 15 Shingles may lead to stroke and heart attack Medical News Today Retrieved fromhttps://wwwmedicalnewstodaycom/articles/304093php
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