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Can younger people get shingles too?

Yes. Especially those individuals with weakened immune systems due to HIV or cancer1 and those who have received kidney transplants or bone marrow can get shingles no matter how old they are. Patients taking certain medications, such as steroids to treat arthritis, also are at risk for shingles2.

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Do you have the facts to identify if you or your loved one suffers from shingles or postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)?

1
Shingles: hope through research. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Web site. Available at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/detail_shingles.htm. Accessed February 9, 2009.
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Cure PHN: Your Questions Answered. VZV Research Foundation, Inc. 2004: 1-6. Available at: http://www.vzvfoundation.org/publicdownloads/PHN_Brochure_Feb2004.pdf. Accessed April 6, 2009.