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Shortly after shingles on my face i got a number of body wide ms like symptoms. i had a normal brain mri. could post shingles cause ms like symptoms?
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Irrelevant: Varicella zoster virus (shingles) is not a disease-relevant in multiple sclerosis. Also there is no study to show that shingles itself can cause MS.
Answered 8/17/2015
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