SEVENTY year olds are being urged to get an injection to prevent them from developing shingles.
Often worse for older people, shingles affects a specific area of the body and is usually a very painful, debilitating condition that also produces a rash.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde offers immunisation from the disease but says the uptake of the vaccine is low.
Dr Emilia Crighton said: “It’s important that everyone eligible gets the vaccination to not only lessen the chance of getting shingles, but also to diminish the severity of the symptoms if they do get infected.”
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