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The History of Shingles
No one really knows for sure, but there are plenty of guesses. One popular guess is that the bumps resemble chickpeas. But shingles goes even further back than chickenpox in terms of its name. In Norway, they had a bit more colorful or evocative description for the rash. The belt of roses from hell.