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A person wondered to know, why is everyone getting shingles nowadays? I mean, it seems like everyone's getting shingles.

Now that's a bit of an exaggeration, but there definitely is an increase in the amount of people

getting shingles.

Now what is shingles?

It's a virus.

It's called herpesoster.

And it's a virus that remains dormant for many, many years.

And then it can come out and create all sorts of pain and misery, especially on the surface of the skin that follows nerves around your rib cage.

It can come up through your back, through the front. In fact, it can become so painful,

certain people become suicidal. So it's a really big deal. Normally, one and a half to 2.5

people out of 1,000 will get shingles, okay? But between 2000 and 2007, three out of 1,000

people are getting it. So it's definitely going up. And there's even a higher

incidence of people getting shingles in certain areas of the country, which I'm going to

talk about. So you have the situation where this virus is in the dormant stage. And it's just

waiting there. It's not doing anything. It's waiting for the right environment so that it can come out and create a lot of discomfort for you. It has to do with how healthy your immune system is.

If there's anything suppressing your immune system, that's when it comes out. So again,

the topic of viruses come down to your own immune system.

Is it healthy?

Is it weak?

It's an area that not many people emphasize.

But it's not until your immune system gets weakened or suppressed,

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