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  • UK: Woman, 97, dies of chicken pox after contracting the illness for the second time in her life

    Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/522569...er-to-have-it/


    Woman, 97, dies of chicken pox after contracting the illness for the second time in her life ? and doctors believe she is the oldest person ever to have it

    The woman confirmed she had suffered with chickenpox when she was a child, but the illness returned nine decades later
    By Andrea Downey, Digital Health Reporter
    28th December 2017, 4:21 pm
    Updated: 28th December 2017, 4:21 pm

    A BRITISH woman has become the oldest person to ever be struck down with chickenpox, despite having the illness when she was a child, doctors claim.

    The 97-year-old woman, from London, was originally misdiagnosed by doctors as it is uncommon for the illness to reoccur in people who have already had the illness...
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