Brittany Risher

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When Lisa Mangini had some mild itching on her chest and right shoulder, she didn’t think much of it. But the next day, raised pink welts cropped up, along with pain that she said felt like glass in her skin. Though she suspected shingles based on how people she knew described their experience with the infection, she talked herself out of going to urgent care. “I was under the impression that only older adults got shingles,” says Mangini, who was 37 at the time.