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New funding for vaccine could bring pain relief for thousands of people
Skin lesion symptom caused by shingles (Herpes zoster) Source: Getty / Felix Fernandez Gonzalez
The pain from shingles has been described as aching, burning, stabbing or shock-like. Even once you've got over the disease, as many as one in five people suffer from post-herpetic neuralgia. But from next month ((1 Nov)), a vaccine will become available to eligible people via the National Immunisation Program.
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