My son was around his friend who just got over the chicken pox?!
Question:
My son was around his friend who just got over the chicken pox?
they are just scars now but the boy has a little sister who didn't seem to have them yet can my son still contract them? I havn't had them yet either so i am worried please help!
Answers:
Wow. Some unfortunate misinformation from other responders.
"...patients are usually contagious from a few days before rash onset until the rash has crusted over" (from the World Health Organization citation below). Unfortunately, it is often difficult to determine if all the lesions are scabbed or not. Seeing how the incubation period (the time from exposure until appearance of signs/symptoms) ranges from 10-21 days, you will know if you or your son caught it within this period (up to three weeks). The situation is complicated by the fact that your son's friend's sister hasn't had the virus yet. It is possible that she has been infected, but is not yet showing signs/symptoms. If it can take up to three weeks (typically 10-14 days, though) to manifest, and she can become contagious a few days before she becomes ill, she may still be a source for your son if he goes back to his friend's house.
Anyone who has not had chicken pox is susceptible to it. Vaccination is quite, but not entirely, effective. Coincidentally, I just saw my first two cases of chicken pox despite a history of vaccination last week (two sisters).
A person can NOT get shingles unless they've already had chicken pox. In fact, shingles is a reactivation of the exact same virus in a given person (in only one nerve, which is why shingles only occurs on one side of the body and along one nerve distribution, with very unusual exception).
As for "aloe vera" drinks, you can choose to believe testomonials ("it worked for me!", "Just ask Bob R., of Topeka, Kansas", etc.), or scientific evidence (randomized controlled trials, published in peer-reviewed medical journals or texts). Such recommendations are entirely devoid of the latter. It strikes me as utterly unconscionable that someone would answer an earnest medical question from a genuinely concerned individual with the recommendation to buy a potion that has as much scientific evidence to back it as does snake oil. Including a link to a for-profit website is lower still. I think the misspelling of immunity speaks volumes.