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- Copyright (c) 1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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- A Resource About Chickenpox and Shingles
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- If you read this column regularly, you know that the cause of both
- shingles and chickenpox are infections cause by the same virus. It's called
- the varicella (chickenpox)-zoster (shingles) virus or VZV. Chickenpox is the
- disease that occurs when the virus first infects an individual, usually during
- the childhood years, and will affect more than 3 million people each year.
- Later in life, the virus can strike again, only then it presents as a disease
- called "herpes zoster", and which many of you know as "shingles". And that
- can be a painful disease for many. About 15 percent of the population, mostly
- over the age of 50, will experience this distressing disease. A new booklet
- "The Fight Against VZV Infections: Shingles and Related Disease" describes
- much that is known about these conditions. You can get your free copy by
- sending your request, along with a stamped self addressed business size
- envelope to: Brochure B, The VZV Research Foundation, Inc., 40 East 72nd
- Street, New York, NY 100212. It offers, in question and answer format, the
- responses to many of the questions you have addressed to me over the years.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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