 [ Symptoms ] hi i have sjogrens syndrome and woke up today with a rash on both feet [ Disease ] after age 60 the shingles vaccine is recommended shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox it is recommended even if you do not remember if you had the chickenpox because studies have shown that 99 of people have been exposed to the chickenpox virus in other words chances are you had it and do not remember so the recommendation from the cdc is to have the shingles vaccine and no need for a blood test to see if you had the chickenpox