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I have had shingles twice and i am only twenty years of age. i have been tested for stds and nothing came back. so what now?

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Dr. Joram Seggev answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Allergy & Immunology

Shingles X2 not rare: Getting shingles twice is not that rare; i had shingles at ages 5 and 19 - at a time well before the aids era. The virus stays in the body, within nerve cells of the spinal cord, essentially for life. It causes singles, usually in older people. Getting shingles a third time is very rare. Before making any recommendations for future tests, i suggest that if you get another rash that is diagnosed as.

Answered 6/26/2020

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