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Nails of toes or fingers take about six months to grow from base to tip.

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Shingles
Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is an infection of the nerve ends characterized by a painful rash and blisters on the skin, due to a reactivation of the same varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox.
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