 [ Symptoms ] my husband got the shingles vaccine and then within the year got a bad case of bell is palsy is there a connection [ Disease ] my husband also got a shingles vaccine last year and within two months got an awful case of bell is palsy his doctor say the vaccine could not have caused the bell is palsy because the formula for this vaccine does not contain live virus culture i remain skeptical because my husband also has a rare blood disorder after his diagnosis with bell is i researched more and found that live culture vaccines are never recommended for anyone with a compromised immune system like my husband still a neurologist specializing in bell is palsy has since told us that the cause may never be known so we can not narrow it down to a possible vaccine his facial paralysis was almost gone 8 months later until today symptoms are back we are starting over