Protect yourself from shingles by watching for symptoms Special to The Island News You might have heard shingles referred to as “chickenpox for adults” because it is caused by the same virus, varicella zoster, that causes chickenpox in kids. And if you grew up in the days before the chickenpox vaccine was available, you might remember your childhood chickenpox as not being all that bad. But while shingles is caused by the dormant virus popping u…
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