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No, but you can get chicken pox if you haven't had it before. Most at risk are young children and pregnant women. Other than that, most people have had chicken pox. Shingles is only contagious while the blisters are forming.

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Almost all people carry the shingles virus in their posterior root ganglion for life time, after they have an attack of chicken pox. How this virus evades the immune system is not known.

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Yes, it is as infectious as chicken pox.

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Is Shingles a disease?

Technically yes, but only through direct contact with the wounds, blisters or rashes of the person having the shingles disease. A healthy person cannot get shingles if informal contact is made with someone suffering from shingles. This infection can't be transmitted if a person suffering from shingles sneezes or coughs. Shingles can't pass through the air.


Can you catch shingles from an adult who is infected with shingles?

A person with shingles can pass the virus to anyone who hasn't had chickenpox before. A person who has not had chickenpox can become infected through direct contact with a person who is infected with shingles. After becoming infected, the person will develop chickenpox, but not shingles. The infection can be very serious for people who have a compromised immune system. However, a person with a normal immune system who has already had chickenpox cannot be infected with shingles. If a person has not previously had the chickenpox, it is best to avoid contact with any person who is infected with shingles until the infection has cleared the person completely.


Can a person who had shingles in the past get shingles from another person?

No, they cannot. There are no separate strains to encounter. However, shingles have been known to recur over intervals of months to years, with no obvious stimulus.


When visiting a person in the hospital with shingles what are the chances of getting it?

If you have had chicken pox, then you will not get shingles from anyone else. If not, you may get chicken pox, not shingles.


Can shingles be transferred from one part of the body to another by touch?

The herpes zoster virus is readily transmitted by touch from person to person, or from contacted objects. However, not everyone exposed will get shingles. Exposure to chickenpox as a child can lead to a delayed outbreak of shingles as an adult.


Does shingles cause high blood pressure?

The pain from shingles can cause a person's blood pressure to spike.


Can shingles be passed if you are caring for someone with shingles?

yes shingles virus can be passed to other. Chicken pox and shingle bears the same virus. And person taking care of shingle patient can get chicken pox and even people around the shingles person can have much chances of having chickenpox


Does a patient with Disseminated shingles need to be isolated?

Yes, a person with disseminated shingles should be on contact and respiratory isolation.


Can you get chickenpox from someone who has shingles if you had shingles before?

If you had shingles before, that means you had chicken pox already as a child, long before shingles developed. You cannot catch chicken pox from shingles if you already had chicken pox.Chicken pox is a one-time illness, usually in childhood. It does not matter how "mild" or "bad" the chicken pox is. The body's defenses are activated whether "mild" or "bad" and immunity results. No person acquires chicken pox twice.Shingles is caused by the same virus but with shingles, the virus is re-activated within the person's own body (not from catching the chicken pox virus from someone else). A person who never had chicken pox cannot get shingles; but that person who never had chicken pox can get chicken pox.A person who has shingles can infect others with chicken pox, but only if those persons (usually children) never had chicken pox before. If a person with shingles is around a person/child who already had chicken pox, the other people won't get chicken pox or shingles.The defining factors in shingles are:The person already had chicken poxThe person is generally over 50 years oldThe person may also have a compromised immune system


Is shingles contagious before the rash breaks out?

Shingles cannot be transmitted from person to person but the chicken box virus that causes shingles can be passed on to someone who has never contracted the shingles virus before. When the shingles rash has developed it is contagious but is not likely to be passed to another person if it is covered up.


What famous person had shingles?

Just read where Roseanne Barr had shingles and stated they were worse than childbirth.


Can you get chickenpox from eating food cooked by someone with shingles?

Shingles isn't spread by saliva, but by contact with wet sores or blisters due to shingles. You're not likely to get it from sharing a spoon unless the person had shingles on their hands or lips.