What Is Chicken Pox?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
6. Shingles
While the disease itself may be over, the virus will remain in the patient’s body. Here, it will remain dormant and, in the majority of cases, it will remain dormant. For a small percentage of people, however, the virus will become reactivated. When this happens, it can result in a disease known as shingles.
Shingles is a whole lot more unpleasant than the chicken pox, causing considerable pain on the patient’s skin. It is also contagious and people with shingles can transmit chicken pox to other people. They cannot transmit shingles directly, however. Shingles tends to affect older people, and it can result in some very serious complications.
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