{"id":20071,"date":"2026-06-17T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20071"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:42:18","slug":"doctors-warn-this-silent-virus-can-reactivate-years-later-and-cause-severe-lasting-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20071","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Warn: This Silent Virus Can Reactivate Years Later and Cause Severe Lasting Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus and can appear years after the original infection. Early symptoms may include burning, tingling, pain, or sensitive skin before a rash develops.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"519\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The rash usually appears on one side of the body. Starting antiviral treatment within 72 hours can help reduce symptoms and complications. Recognizing the signs early, along with vaccination and a strong immune system, can lower the risk of serious effects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1700471\" data-uid=\"12861\">\n<div id=\"mgw1700471_12861\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus and can appear years after the original infection. Early symptoms may include burning, tingling, pain, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20071\" title=\"Doctors Warn: This Silent Virus Can Reactivate Years Later and Cause Severe Lasting Pain\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20073,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20071\/revisions\/20073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}