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Shingles Epidemic & Chickenpox
Shingles Epidemic & Chickenpox
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| Chickenpox is Nature's Way of Protecting You from Shingles Nature has devised an elegant plan for protecting you from the shingles virus. After contracting and recovering from chickenpox (usually as a child), as you age, your natural immunity gets asymptomatically "boosted" by coming into contact with infected children, who are recovering from chickenpox. This natural "boosting" of natural immunity to the varicella (chickenpox) virus helps protect you from getting shingles later in life. |
