Shingles is the adult manifestation of the chickenpox virus, a herpes virus that once you have it, you have it forever. it can flare up later in life. the vaccine for it is incredibly effective at preventing heart disease (source: https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/03/16/19/33/shingles-vaccine-drastically-cuts-risk-of-serious-cardiac-events ) so please help yourself and your community and get vaccinated today!
Fun fact, the shongles vax is also linked to lowering dementia risk https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x
Clearly due to shongles causing dementia, thus not getting shongles reduces your chance of dementia! Dementia is likely often brain inflammation, so shongles just cooks ya gourd. Super cool thanks virus
Edit; Even cooler, for shongles vax to reduce the risk of heart disease that also has to mean that shongles causes heart inflammation. Super cool super cool, covid causes heart inflammation and you’re at risk for heart issues at least 9 months out from an infection (maybe life, could be perma organ damage sometimes, again very cool viri) I do not like that so many viri apparently do this
I think COVID cooked my immune system. My body attacks itself and I end up with welts when exposed to cold now. Very cool virus indeed.
Sounds like Cold Urticaria. Might want to see your doctor and carry an epi-pen if it affects your breathing.
🅱️ruh that’s ducked up, try antihistmemes H 1 and 2 (H1 allergy: Loratadine; H2 tum tum: Famotidine) at the same time next time you’re going into a sitch that causes the welts. They’ll reduce select inflammation that might cover whatever the fuck that is 🤷♀️ seems long covid inflammation is related to H1/H2 receptors often
Be wary H1 haves have major side effects, some (Zyrtec, Allegra) are addictive and you’ll have withdrawal symptoms. Loratadine/Claratin might make you depressed. All gen 1 will bulldoze your brain, light af touch with them.