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You can get shingles more than once — here’s who’s most at risk – Business Insider Australia
Shingles is a painful skin rash that affects about 1 in 3 Americans in their lifetime, primarily adults over 50. Though most people only get shingles once, there is a possibility that you can get it twice or even three times.
- You can get shingles more than once, though it is rare.
- Though experts aren’t sure why, the virus can reactivate in your body a second or third time.
- People with a compromised immune system from old age, chemotherapy, HIV, or stress, are more likely to have a second outbreak of shingles.
- This article was medically reviewed by Scott Kaiser, MD, geriatrician, and Director of Geriatric Cognitive Health for Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Sain…
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