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Shingles: Learn from someone who Experienced it!
By Mary M. Alward
Every year approximately one million people in Canada and the United States are afflicted with this virus, also known as herpes zoster. (I was unable to find statistics for other countries.)
It is a painful viral infection. Anyone who has had chicken pox can develop this disorder. It can strike at any age, but is most common in the elderly.
Statistics tell us that one in ten people who’ve had chicken pox will suffer from shingles some time in their adult life. The reason for this is that the chicken pox virus lies dormant in the nerves along the spine for years.
If the virus becomes activated, shingles are the result. The germ travels along the nervous system, causing damage. The result is shingles.
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