![]() ![]() But it can occur at age, at any point, in anyone who’s had chickenpox. Sajida Chaudry, a primary care physician and the Office Medical Director at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Odenton, recently told Fortune’s Alex Vance. It can reactivate as the immune system weakens-often due to aging, and typically after age 50, Dr. Once someone is infected with the varicella-zoster virus, a type of herpes virus that isn’t sexually transmitted, it retreats to the nervous system, where it remains perpetually. Shingles occurs as your immune system weakens, usually with age. Here are seven things you need to know about the exceedingly painful condition, known for striking without much warning-even among those who think they never had chickenpox. A staggering 99% of people born before 1980 have experienced chickenpox-and anyone who has is at risk for developing shingles later in life. The senator’s illness has put shingles back in the spotlight-and attention to the matter is much needed, experts say. ![]()
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