If you've had shingles can you still get chicken pox?!
Question: If you've had shingles can you still get chicken pox!?
I've had shingles 3 times in my life and now my son has chicken pox, can I get them!? Will everyone in my house get chicken pox now that we're exposed!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Chicken pox and shingles are both from the varicella virus (herpes zoster), so yes, someone can get chickenpox from exposure to shingles!. The opposite is true also, you can have an outbreak of shingles from exposure to chicken pox!.
An above answer is correct, when you are infected w/ chickenpox it remains in your body for a lifetime!. When it is reactivated it is called shingles (and will have a different appearance or pattern)!.
There may not be a cause of shingles outbreaks, but you say you have had it 3 times makes me wonder!. Are you regularly exposed to someone w/ this virus!? Maybe your home just needs a good scrubbing (your home may look spotless, but viruses are good at hiding)!.
The virus is spread through the respiratory system, so a cough or sneeze could send the virus to another person easily!. It is also spread through touch!.
Be aware of other problems associated w/ this virus too, such as respiratory problems (very serious) and infections where the blisters were (will occur before they heal)!.
Hope this helps, and that you're both in better health soon!Www@Answer-Health@Com
An above answer is correct, when you are infected w/ chickenpox it remains in your body for a lifetime!. When it is reactivated it is called shingles (and will have a different appearance or pattern)!.
There may not be a cause of shingles outbreaks, but you say you have had it 3 times makes me wonder!. Are you regularly exposed to someone w/ this virus!? Maybe your home just needs a good scrubbing (your home may look spotless, but viruses are good at hiding)!.
The virus is spread through the respiratory system, so a cough or sneeze could send the virus to another person easily!. It is also spread through touch!.
Be aware of other problems associated w/ this virus too, such as respiratory problems (very serious) and infections where the blisters were (will occur before they heal)!.
Hope this helps, and that you're both in better health soon!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Theoretically is no, because the body has already established the immune system but pathophysiologically, the virus (herpes virus) rest and residing at the dorsal root of the peripheral nerve, when the body has a deficient state of immune systems, the virus will awaken and reactivate, that's the reason shingles has a distribution pattern based on the dermatome!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
A person with chickenpox cannot communicate shingles to someone else!. Shingles comes from the virus hiding inside the person's body, not from an outside source!.
http://www!.ninds!.nih!.gov/disorders/shing!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
http://www!.ninds!.nih!.gov/disorders/shing!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you have had shingles, that means you have already had chicken pox!. You can't get it again!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
how old are you!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com