What Is Varicella?
10. Shingles
Even after symptoms of chickenpox resolve, the virus does not go away. Rather, it remains dormant in your system, often for years. For reasons that are not always clear, the virus sometimes reactivates and causes shingles.3https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154912}
Shingles is an infection of the nervous system. Like chickenpox, it can cause a skin rash but usually in a more limited area of the body. It can also cause pain, fever, and headache, as well as potentially severe and chronic complications. Shingles can occur at any time following chickenpox infection but usually affects people over 50. There are vaccines specifically for shingles available for people who have already had chickenpox.
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