Shingles when it infects an adult. It's deadly to adults, like quite a few child-hood illnesses. That's why people used to purposefully get their kids infected with chickenpox because it was benign, and gave their kids life-long immunity. If a reinfection somehow occurred (rare, very rare), it wouldn't be deadly, just painful.
My uncle died to chicken pox as an adult.
Shingles when it infects an adult. It's deadly to adults, like quite a few child-hood illnesses. That's why people used to purposefully get their kids infected with chickenpox because it was benign, and gave their kids life-long immunity. If a reinfection somehow occurred (rare, very rare), it wouldn't be deadly, just painful.
Sorry for your loss.