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A member asked:
My dad got the shingles at age 30. can i get it early to? at age 18? i've had chicken pox when i was 5. i'm 18 now
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Maybe,maybe not: Shingles are a curious problem that happens when the chickenpox virus emerges from a state of hibernation and travels down a nerve root to the skin. It has been known to happen from infancy to old age and the trigger for its occurrence is not always evident. There is no reason to consider you more or less likely to have it when your parent did at a young age.
Answered 8/2/2013
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