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Shingles: What Is, Causes, Warning Signs, and Diagnosis

Shingles: What Is, Causes, Warning Signs, and Diagnosis

What are Shingles?

Shingles is a viral infection after the dormant varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is reactivated. Shingles can be as serious as when the patients can't walk or sleep due to muscle weakness. That isn't the chickenpox virus, yet it's the agent of the particular disease. It is still possible for the virus to stay inside the patients' bodies even when they are no longer visible. The virus has been dormant in…

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