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Chickenpox can cause alarm in a pregnant woman. However, simple tests can determine if her body is protected against it, explains Dr. Ellen Schwartzbard, Obstetrician & Gynecologist at Baptist Health South Florida.

With those immunity tests, the doctor says, …

Is shingles a recurrent chickn pox?Ask Hanna

What is Shingles? Shingles, known in medical jargon as herpes zoster, is an outbreak on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox — the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Following a bout of chickenpox, the virus retreats …

What is shingles?Ask Hanna

I’m sure that most of you have heard of shingles, but you may not actually know that much about it.  Shingles is a rash which is a concentrated area of blisters that typically scab over in 7 to 10 days.  …

Should I get a Shingrix shingles vaccine?Ask Hanna