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A member asked:
Do healthy individuals get bilateral shingles? i read that only people with aids or cancer get this, and that it is very rare
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No: This can happen and I wouldn't worry if you are otherwise healthy. In fact, before the AIDS / chemotherapy era, there was a legend that if bilateral shingles touched in front, you would die. That was a total myth but shows it existed centuries ago.
Answered 8/22/2018
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