Could COVID Increase Your Risk for Shingles? - WebMD


4/11/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
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Researchers found people 50 and older who had COVID were 15% more likely to develop shingles, compared to people who were never infected.

Nearly all adults over age 50 have had chicken pox, and therefore are at risk for developing shingles, Bhavsar said. For this study, Bhavsar and his colleagues compared medical data from nearly 400,… [+1941 chars]

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