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Chickenpox, having waited decades in your nerves, returns for one furious encore.
means A painful, blistering rash caused when the dormant chickenpox virus reactivates along a single nerve path.
from From Latin cingulum, a girdle or belt — named for the way the rash wraps around one side of the torso like a sash.
Same culpritIdentical virus that gave you chickenpox as a kid.
Stays on sideRash respects the body's midline, rarely crossing over.
Vaccine existsShots cut risk by over ninety percent.
Lasting acheNerve pain can outstay the rash by months.