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### [Understanding Shingles](https://blog.lonestarfamily.org/understanding-shingles-1)

 Shingles, a painful condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, commonly referred to as chicken pox, affects approximately 1 million people each year in the United States. Recent studies indicate that about 1 in 3 in...

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