INSTANT appointment
Jul 08, 2021
2 minutes
Returning problem
Q My elderly mother has had shingles twice now. Why does she keep getting it?
Lucie, Cambridge
A Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same one that causes chicken pox.
After you get chicken pox, the virus stays in the body and can be reactivated years later, usually as an adult, causing shingles. It
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