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I'm extremely pessimistic about the "mainstream" EVER admitting what is actually happening.
I suspect that most democrats are getting their 'news' from Late Nite Unfunny Men.
richwicks saysWho trusts our "mainstream media" at this point?
Most Democrats.
I thought only people who are 60 or older get shingles, so I didn’t think it was possible for me to get it at 48.
I suspect that most democrats are getting their 'news' from Late Nite Unfunny Men.
I reckon I should look into the Shingrix vaccine given my advanced years.
(I can't help but feel vaccine...ugh, these days...)
Excerpt: "I think this red bump is getting bigger.” That’s what I told my husband after growing concerned about the strange-looking rash that appeared on my face four days earlier. I read online that most rashes are not serious, so I thought a trip to the doctor was unnecessary.
“What if you have Lyme disease?” he asked me. That question prompted me to be evaluated, but I was concerned that the doctor would tell me it was only a pimple. I was shocked to learn that I had shingles.
I’m only 48 and even though it was only a small rash on my face, I was shocked to learn that if the rash had spread to my eye — it was very close to it — I could have gone blind. Fortunately, my doctor was able to prescribe an anti-viral medication. Within a week after my doctor’s visit, the painful rash was gone.
Shingles (also known as herpes zoster) is caused by the same virus as chickenpox — the varicella zoster virus (VZV). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shingles rates have been increasing in the United States for unknown reasons. In fact, 1 in 3 people will contract the disease at some point in their lifetime.
That said, there are a lot of myths about shingles out there. So what do you need to know?
Myth 1: Only older people get shingles
Fact: You can get shingles at any age if you already had chickenpox since the virus lies dormant in your body and then reactivates as shingles; even children can get it, although that’s rare.
People usually get shingles because their immune system is weakened, so it can happen if a person experiences stress or other issues that decrease immunity. I thought only people who are 60 or older get shingles, so I didn’t think it was possible for me to get it at 48.
“Years ago, herpes zoster (shingles) occurred almost exclusively in older people. But today it occurs in younger age individuals, including people in their 20s and 30s,” says Dr. Robin Evans, a dermatologist at Southern Connecticut Dermatology in Stamford, Conn."