It has recently come to our attention that researchers in the medical field have discovered a link between shingles and MS.  Researchers in Taiwan released their findings, which showed the relationship between shingles and multiple sclerosis.   They found that people who had developed shingles were four times as likely to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis within the following year.  This was compared to people who had never experienced shingles.  This link is important to study further, as it could give researchers more important information about how the multiple sclerosis patient’s body works both before and after diagnosis.  It could also give insight as to why these two diseases are linked.

Shingles is related to chickenpox, which many people get in childhood.  After someone has chickenpox, the disease lies dormant in their body within the nerve fibers.  In some people, it can become active again, causing the painful disease shingles.  …