• Ledericas@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    Both chickenpox and measles is severe in adults, it can cause temporary infertility. Shingles is a little hit or miss depends on your age and immune system, had it at 20.

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      11 hours ago

      Shingles hit my elderly mother-in-law and it had severe cognitive consequences. It’s an unnecessary gamble, but that’s their problem.

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        7 hours ago

        its more severe in elderly, and immunocompromised, i had a 20 from a very severe episode of stress. most dangerous is if it reactiviates on trigeminal and cranial nerves, followed by lumbar(where it can affect your legs and you bowel and urinary movements), the most dangerous being meningitis, and encephalitis(FEINSTIEN had this, and i believe the complications she had was to severe)