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Comment by phkahler

3 years ago

>> My family history has no memory of me having chicken pox. I had shingles at around 13

Those are the same virus. Yours manifested as shingles even though you were only 13.

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detourdog  3 years ago

I have heard it both ways. Shingles at 13 is chicken pox and one must have chicken pox to have shingles.

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