What is shingles?
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Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE
Shingles is a painful rash caused by an infection of a nerve underneath the skin with the varicella-zoster virus.
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Shingles is a rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus (the virus that causes chicken pox). After a chicken pox inf... Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE Shingles is a painful rash caused by an infection of a nerve underneath the skin with the varicella-zoster virus..
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