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You catch shingles in old age because you had chicken pox as a child. Children catch chicken pox from other children with chicken pox or from old people with shingles. While no one inherits shingles, it may seem that way because children who caught chicken pox from their grandparents with shingles will give chicken pox to their grandchildren when they get old and get shingles unless the grandchildren get a vaccination for chickenpox.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoShingles is NOT a genetic disease. Shingles is an infectious disease. In general, an infectious disease can be caused by a pathogenic organism (viruses, bacteria, fungi, worms, parasites) that can invade the body and cause infection.
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∙ 10y agoChickenpox is not hereditary. Chickenpox is an infectious viral disease spread by airborne droplets and direct contact.
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