Shingles is caused by the herpes virus varicella zoster, which also causes chickenpox. The causative agent of both diseases can survive for many years in the nerves of an infected person and wake up to activity, for example, when the body is weakened by stress. Shingles most often breaks out in people over the age of 50....
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Shingles is caused by the herpes virus varicella zoster, which also causes chickenpox. The causative agent of both diseases can survive for many years in the nerves of an infected person and wake up to activity, for example, when the body is weakened by stress. Shingles most often breaks out in people over the age of 50....