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How to know if i have hsv or shingles?
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Herpes and shingles: are clinically completely different diseases and two different viruses, herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster. HSV causes sores around the mouth and in the genital area, whereas shingles, which produces pain, itching, and fluid-filled blisters on nerve trajectory.
Answered 5/14/2014
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