Many people believe that after having chickenpox in childhood, the virus disappears forever. However, the reality is much more surprising: the virus can remain in the body for decades without causing symptoms.
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At certain times, even when a person feels healthy, this virus can reactivate and cause a disease known as herpes zoster , popularly called shingles…..@@@
What few people know is that this condition can appear unexpectedly, even many years after having had chickenpox. Shingles is directly related to the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus responsible for chickenpox.
When a person recovers from this illness, the virus doesn’t disappear completely. It actually remains dormant in the nervous system, where it can stay latent for decades without causing any problems.
In some circumstances, the virus can reactivate and manifest itself again, but this time in the form of shingles. Specialists point out that this reactivation usually occurs when the immune system weakens.
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