It starts as a tickle and grows into a sting. The sting turns into a burn. The burn turns into a rash. Next thing you know you’re rolling around in bed wishing you could stop the pain. Shingles is nothing to mess around with.
The shingles virus (aka herpes zoster) is actually the same virus that causes chickenpox. It’s a double-stranded DNA virus which i…
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