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Shingles is a painful rash that often begins as a band of blisters that wraps around your back and comes around to your chest. Since over a million people get Shingles per year, there have been plenty of celebrities that have had it. Roseanne Barr, Richard Nixon, and singer Amy Grant have all suffered with shingles at some point.

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