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Can you be supposed to get shingles first?
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Question unclear: Not sure what your question is. Can you get shingles before getting chicken pox (which may re-activate in later life as shingles)? No. Infection with the chicken pox virus cause pox, first. The virus then lives inside nerve cells for years before it can be re-activated to cause shingles.If that is not your question, please clarify.
Answered 11/28/2014
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