GSK Australia's shingles campaign ambassador Dr Jana Pittman is encouraging Australians to start a conversation this Mother's Day with their loved ones about age-related health conditions, including shingles.
What surprised Pittman was how little her mum knew about shingles.
"Mum's initial fear was that she was contagious as I was pregnant at the time of her diagnosis.
"I explained that shingles is only contagious to someone who hasn't had chickenpox.
"I had chickenpox as a child, so I was able to support her.
"It was mum's lack of knowledge about the condition that really inspired me to start having conversations about shingles, and to try and help people understand the signs, symptoms and risk factors."
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