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How much exposure is required to get shingles?
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NONE: Shingles, a painful condition of nerves, cannot be contracted from another person.You get it by having had chicken pox in the remote past.The pox virus is harbored in nerve cells for years and released in times of illness, stress, or immune deficiency.When it re-manifests, it shows up as 'shingles' causing neuropathic pain instead of another full-blown round of pox.You give it to yourself.
Answered 11/27/2014
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