• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    Shingles hit my elderly mother-in-law and it had severe cognitive consequences. It’s an unnecessary gamble, but that’s their problem.

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      9 hours ago

      its more severe in elderly, and immunocompromised, i had a 20 from a very severe episode of stress. most dangerous is if it reactiviates on trigeminal and cranial nerves, followed by lumbar(where it can affect your legs and you bowel and urinary movements), the most dangerous being meningitis, and encephalitis(FEINSTIEN had this, and i believe the complications she had was to severe)