Many people believe that after having chickenpox in childhood, the virus disappears forever. However, the reality is much more surprising: the virus can remain in the body for decades without causing symptoms.
At certain times, even when a person feels healthy, this virus can reactivate and cause a disease known as herpes zoster , popularly called shingles…..@@@
What few people know is that this condition can appear unexpectedly, even many years after having had chickenpox. Shingles is directly related to the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus responsible for chickenpox.
When a person recovers from this illness, the virus doesn’t disappear completely. It actually remains dormant in the nervous system, where it can stay latent for decades without causing any problems.
