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Originally Posted by wavelandscott
I am not a Medical Doctor...I understand that shingles can come back a second time but this is unlikely to happen. It is rare to come down with a third case too but not impossible.
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Hi,
The doc told me that the risk of a recurrence is higher than previously thought, about 1 in 3 people who had a previous episode.
That puzzled me, I wondered how they could have under estimated it in the past. Maybe it was under-reported.
He said too that the worse it was the first time, the more the odds edge up for a second round. I plan a vaccination as well, it was a shocker when I was 18.
Cheers