Can you get Chicken Pox from Shingles?!
Question: Can you get Chicken Pox from Shingles!?
My elderly mother may be having shingles, we're not quite sure!. My daughter is 9 months old!. Should I be worried about her catching chicken pox!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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The answer to your question is yes, but it isn't easy!. Chicken pox and Shingles are both caused by the same virus, Herpes Simplex!. After you have Chicken Pox the virus lays dormant in your system and later in life it can reactivate in the form of Shingles!. The blisters you have with Shingles contain a fluid with the virus in them!. If a person who has never had Chicken Pox or the vaccine for Chicken Pox, comes in direct contact with the fluid in the blisters they will get Chicken Pox!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes, when my uncle had shingles, my pediatrician told me to make sure I keep my daughter away from him and to watch her for any signs of an outbreak!. The bad thing is that you are usually contagious before you even break out!. I would call your daughter's doctor to find out just to be safe!. Shingles and Chickenpox are pretty much the same virus!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes, you can get Chicken Pox from Shingles, but no you shouldn't worry about it!. It's better for a person to get Chicken Pox while they are young; I may be wrong, but chicken pox in a adult could be fatal!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I think so, shingles is a secondary infection to chicken pox so unless your daughter has been vaccinated against chicken pox keep her away from your mom until shes been cleared by a doc to be infection free!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
No, you get shingles from chicken pox years later!Www@Answer-Health@Com
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