New funding for vaccine could bring pain relief for thousands of people

09/10/2023 4 min
New funding for vaccine could bring pain relief for thousands of people

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Episode Synopsis

It's painful, comes with a number of complications and is extremely common. The pain from shingles has been described as aching, burning, stabbing or shock-like. And even once you've got over the disease, as many as one in five people suffer from post-herpetic neuralgia, continuing pain which can last from a few months to several years afterwards. But from next month ((1 Nov)), a vaccine will become available to eligible people via the National Immunisation Program.

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