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The bug that causes Chicken Pox is a member of the herpes virus family.
During the initial infection, the virus inserts its own DNA into the DNA of your peripheral nerve cells, where it sits dormant until activated by some stressor. You can never be rid of it.
It uses your nerve cells to get around - which is why episodes of shingles follow a physical pattern, usually around your torso.
An old friend of mine had such an infection in the nerves of one of her eyes as a young child. She ended up with permanently very-degraded vision in the infected eye & has to take medication for the rest of her life to avoid recurrence, so it's not just an annoying or uncomfortable - it can do real damage.
Follow Alex's advice.
Dean
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