Your HEALTH
Q I had shingles around my chest a few years ago, and recently, a band of painful blisters appeared, which the doctor diagnosed as shingles again. Is this correct? Can you get it more than once?
A Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in the nerves near the spinal cord and brain. Years later, it can become active
