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  • Yes. If you think you have shingles,(herpes zoster) do not delay. Get to a doctor. There are antibvirals that can be very effective. The sooner you start tyhem the better they work
  • Well, shingles is a herpes infection which essentially DOES occur internally, with external symptoms. The infection is based in the nerve cells. See your doctor.
  • In General if a person has shinlges they would carry the virus on the inside and the symptoms would show up on the outside by way of blisters you wouldn't get one without the other. In someone who has a weakened immune system shingles can be dangerous because the virus can spread throughout the body and reach vital organs. For example, the central nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs and brain. This kind of widespread infection can cause viral pneumonia or even a secondary bacterial infection, death can occur as a result of this.

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