• @athairmor
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    379 hours ago

    He’s shingles.

    Yeah, the US had the disease pretty bad when it was young. And, it’s laid dormant in the nervous system for years. Some stress and poor health habits have allowed it to rise to the surface.

    It won’t ever go away entirely but better habits and self-care can keep it away indefinitely.

    • Trailblazing Braille Taser
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      119 hours ago

      better habits and self-care can keep it away indefinitely.

      Caveat: you can’t blame people who get shingles for being sick.

    • @InverseParallax
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      69 hours ago

      That’s it, with the caveat that people usually don’t die of shingles.

      • @athairmor
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        109 hours ago

        Not usually. But, untreated shingles can lead to complications that can kill you (infections, stroke, meningitis, encephalitis, etc.).

        • @InverseParallax
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          37 hours ago

          Yeah that’s what we got, post-civil war shingles.