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This is not exactly true. If you have chickenpox as a child, you cannot then get shingles as an adult. However, if you do not have chickenpox as a child but get it as an adult, it is possible that this will develop into shingles.
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∙ 11y agoIf you have had chicken pox, there is a chance you will get shingles. You can get this after many years. The virus remains latent (quiet) in the nerve cells and when reactivated travels down the nerves and cause blisters on the skin. The blisters are almost always in one area. The shingles occur when someones' immune system is not working as well as it once did. So older people can get it. It is one of the herpes viruses and can be transmitted to others when the blisters are open. If the person has been vaccinated for chicken pox they can not get it through contact with these blisters.
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Can you get shingles from shingles if you have had shingles before?
No. Shingles is not contagious, but someone with shingles can give chicken pox or varicella to someone who has not had chicken pox before.
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.
Are shingles contagious if you don't touch the sores?
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Can you have shingles in the mouth?
No shingles of the mouth is not contagious. Shingles is not contagious in any form. The virus that causes shingles however, can cause chicken pox.
Can you sleep in the same bed with someone who has shingles?
Shingles is a herpes virus know as chicken pox (herpes zoster) when it occurs as a child. When it reoccurs in an adult it is called shingles. Chicken pox is contagious but Shingles is not contagious if you had Chicken pox as a child. The most dangerous effect of herpes zoster is when the lesions occur on your retina.
Will vaccination guarantee that I won't get shingles?
Shingles is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox. Symptoms include a . Prevention and Shingles Vaccine.
Can the shingles vaccine be contagious to others?
When the blisters are open, with weeping, they are contagious, just like the chicken pox. It is extremely important to stay away from elderly people, infants and small children, pregnant women, and anyone who has never had the chicken pox while the shingles are in their contagious stage. Once the shingles have scabbed over, you are less likely to pass it on.
Is shingles contagious through handling the laundry of someone with open sores?
yes
Shingles should you refrain from going to work?
Shingles is a contagious disease. If you have shingles, you should refrain from going to work. This disease is seen in older adults mostly, or those with weakened immune systems.
To what extent or any is shingles contagious?
Shingles, otherwise known as Herpes Zoster, is the caused by the same virus which causes chickenpox. Any person who has had the chicken pox may have a shingles attack. Shingles tends to be less contagious than chicken pox, but this may be due better hygiene during adult life. Additionally, children are more apt to spread bodily fluids from child to child. Adults tend to keep their shingles well covered and their hands washed. If an adult does not have proper hygiene, contagion is more likely.
How long are shingles contagious after taking medication?
Shingles is only contagious before the blisters and sores dry. Once they're scabbed over, the virus is not contagious. Remember that shingles can only be spread by direct contact with the lesions. You can't get shingles from someone unless you touch their wet lesions. You won't get it from riding a bus with them, eating with them, or being in the same room with them. Patients with shingles can continue normal activities, including school and work, as long as the lesions are covered.Children do not get attack of shingles before they get chicken pox. You get attack of shingles only after you have had chicken pox.
Can an adult infect a child with shingles working in a nursery?
Shingles is contagious only if someone has contact with wet shingles blisters or sores. If the infected skin can be covered, a person can work in any field, including health care or child care.
