Does living in the same house with that of a chicken pox patient necessarily lea!
Question:
Does living in the same house with that of a chicken pox patient necessarily lead to contacting that disease?
My son is in the same house with a chicken pox affected person .That person started it just a day before .Although he is in a separate room ,my son too sleeps in another room in the same house .My son is there on office purpose .So he is there only in the mornings and at night.Does it necessarily lead to contacting that disease
Answers:
Not necessarily - it is spread like a cold is so he would have to have more contact with the person than that, like be close enough to breathe their exhaled breath for example. If your son doesn't spend much time with the person then I would actually say it is highly unlikely he will get it. I hope not as it is NASTY for an adult.
With chicken pox however, the patient can be infectious for up to three days before the breakout of spots, so if he spent time around the person during that period it is more likely.