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Are you more prone to catch something else while you have shingles?
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Yes: Shingles is a marker that your immune system is not working at its best - that;s why the sleeping or jailed chickenpox virus is able to escape its leash and show itself as shingles. By same token, other bacteria nd virus can take advantage of your immune system's weakened state and you can end up with other infections to defend against.
Answered 10/8/2013
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