My mom has shingles?!


Question: My mom has shingles!?
can my 1 yr old get them from her when she does have n out breakWww@Answer-Health@Com


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Is Shingles Contagious!?

"A person with a shingles rash can pass the virus to someone, usually a child, who has never had chickenpox, but the child will develop chickenpox, not shingles!. The child must come into direct contact with the open sores of the shingles rash!. Merely being in the same room with a shingles patient will not cause the child to catch chickenpox because during a shingles infection the virus is not normally in the lungs and therefore can't be spread through the air!.

People with chickenpox cannot communicate shingles to someone else although they can of course pass the chickenpox on to someone who has never had chickenpox!. In cases of chickenpox, the virus can become airborne because it is found in the upper respiratory tract!.

Shingles occurs when an unknown trigger causes the virus hiding inside the person's body to become activated!. Unlike chickenpox, shingles can't be "caught" from someone else!."Www@Answer-Health@Com

You can catch chickenpox from someone with shingles, so watch out if you're baby hasn't had chicken pox before!. But I dont think you can get shingles itself from someone who has shingles!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Shingles as such is not infectious!. It is chicken pox that is infectious!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

She can't get shingles but she may get the chicken pox!. Shingles are what you get when the chicken pox lay dormant in your nervous systemWww@Answer-Health@Com





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