# @thewhizdoc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CytWnoLuiYG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/75554543-thewhizdoc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-10-22T17:05:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Emmanuel Aguh, MD | Family Medicine (@thewhizdoc) — https://gondola.cc/thewhizdoc

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Okay, so a Chicken Pox infection is not innocent, but did you know that the varicella-zoster v|rus causes shingles?

This is the same v|rus that causes chickenpox. After you’ve had chickenpox, the v|rus stays in your body for life. 

Years later, the v|rus may reactivate as shingles.

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