Why does shingles hurt much more than chicken pox and why can’t the body get rid of the virus? Shouldn’t it be able to identify and destroy foreign microbes?
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Chicken pox is mostly in the skin, and Shingles is that virus mostly located in the nerves. That’s why it hurts more. Why move to the nerves, if you’re a virus? Because the immune system is suppressed somewhat there, because the immune system can go crazy killing everything to wipe out a disease and nerves are small things you don’t want destroyed recklessly. That’s also why the body is slow to clear shingles in comparison to chicken pox.
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