Designing a digital document with info graphics to explain the complexity and seriousness of a very misunderstood virus.
Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person gets chickenpox, the virus stays dormant inside the body for life, usually not causing any problems or symptoms. Our immune system naturally weakens over time as we age which may allow the usually inactive virus to reactivate, causing shingles.