Is herpes zoster contagious?!


Question: Is herpes zoster contagious!?
Answers:
Only to people who have never had chicken pox!.

Herpes zoster is a reactivation of chicken pox, which is a herpes virus and stays in your body for life!. When it reactivates it is known as shingles!.

Herpes zoster is only infectious from the affected skin, through skin to skin contact!. But if a child who has never had chicken pox comes inot contact with herpes zoster lesions, they can catch chicken pox!. A person who has already had chicken pox is not affected!.

If you were to catch the virus from a person with herpes zoster, you would not develop shingles yourself, you would develop the more severe symptoms of chicken pox!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes!

Other name is shingles and it is contagious particularly while the rash is weeping!. It is actually the tail end infection of chicken pox but lies dormant in the body for years often appearing when the sufferer is run down!. Symtoms can be greatly reduced by early administration of an anti viral medicine such as Acyclovir (Zovirax)

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