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Can you transmit chickenpox to someone else when you have been in contact with someone with chickenpox?
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∙ 10y ago
You can only transmit chickenpox to someone if you have the chickenpox yourself.
Once you had chicken pox you can not get it again-that is what is believed by doctors and scientists. You should be vaccinated for it because if you were not and did not have it when you were young you can get it when you are elderly but it is worse and called "shingles."
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∙ 10y agoA family member of someone with chickenpox won't spread chickenpox unless they themselves are infected. If they have had the illness or vaccine in the past, they are not likely to be contagious. Family members who haven't had chickenpox can reduce the risk of infection by getting immunized within five days of exposure to chickenpox.
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∙ 10y agoIt is unlikely to get chickenpox more than once. Most people who have had chickenpox or the vaccine won't get sick or carry the virus if they have had chickenpox in the past.
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∙ 10y agoYou can only transmit chickenpox if you're infected. It's possible, but not likely, to get chickenpox more than once.
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∙ 10y agoYes, you can transmit chickenpox even when you have no symptoms. It is contagious from the time before the bumps appear until the bumps are all scabbed over.
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Can you transmit chickenpox if you don't have it but been in contact with someone who does?
You can't transmit chickenpox if you aren't infected.
Can you get chickenpox from talking to someone with shingles?
Facial herpes, or cold sores, is caused by herpes simplex virus. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus. You can't get chickenpox from someone with facial herpes unless they also have chickenpox.
Can you be a chickenpox carrier?
The answer is no: if you have had chickenpox yourself when young, you will have been carrying the varicella-zoster virus responsible for it ever since. This remains dormant, usually forever – unless you come into contact with someone with shingles, which can then re-activate the virus.
Can you work on the oncology ward if you have been in contact with chickenpox?
In the US, it is normal for hospital works to demonstrate immunity to chickenpox prior to beginning work. "Contact" with chickenpox will have a different impact based on your immune status. Contact your health care provider or hospital infection control department to determine your immune status and the possible impact of your exposure.
Is it possible to get chickenpox from some one who has shingles when you have only had shingles at a young age and not chickenpox?
First, you can't get shingles at any age unless you have previously had chickenpox. Although your chickenpox illness may have been so mild that you didn't notice, a diagnosis of shingles is proof that you had chickenpox. Second, only those who have never had chickenpox can get chickenpox from shingles. Third, shingles is only contagious through direct contact with wet lesions, and is not likely to be spread through casual contact.
Can you get chickenpox from someone who has shingles?
Yes, it is possible for someone to get chickenpox from a person who has shingles, but it's not easy. You can only get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you come in direct skin-to-skin contact with wet or weeping lesions. Once the lesions are crusted over, you can't get it. Since you haven't had chickenpox, which is the same virus as shingles (that you've now been exposed to), you'll probably end up with chickenpox.
How many bumps do you usually get from chickenpox?
An unvaccinated person with chickenpox usually gets 250 to 500 spots. Someone who has been vaccinated may get just a handful.
Had chickenpox as a child but am now pregnant and have been around a child who has been exposed to chickenpox what do you do?
If you had chickenpox as a child, there is no special care required if you are pregnant and were exposed to chickenpox.
Can you get the chickenpox from someone who has shingles?
A child who never had chicken pox can be infected with chicken pox from an adult (usually over the age of 50 years) who develops shingles. Contact with the fluid from mucous membranes (coughing, sneezing) or from contact with the fluid that oozes out of the open sores carries the virus. A child who has had chicken pox before cannot get chicken pox from an adult with shingles, nor can the child get shingles (because shingles appears later in life). An adult who has shingles cannot give shingles to another adult--- the 2nd adult would get chicken pox first IF that adult never had chicken pox as a child.
Can you get shingles from someone if you already had chickenpox?
First, you can't "catch shingles" from someone. You can get chickenpox from someone who has shingles, but only if two things are true:You have direct contact with the weeping shingles lesions; ANDYou have not had chickenpox or chickenpox vaccine in the past.You can't get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you are immune. You can't get it from being in the same room with them, either. A person with shingles can go about normal activities, including all work or school, as long as the lesions are covered.
Can you get chickenpox?
Yes because chicken pox is highly contagious.It can spread easily through coughing or sneezing or through contact with the rash.If you have had chicken pox before however you are immune.
How did the first person get chickenpox?
If someone has already been infected with chickenpox, they are immune to it. Vaccines are also available. You have immune system in your body. This system recognizes the 'Foreign protein' that has entered in your body in the form of infection. It give rise to cell mediated and humeral immunity against the various infections, once you catch the same. Immunity against the virus infection is usually life long as against the bacterial infections. You get immunity to chickenpox by way of immunization. You can get passive immunity by injecting the chickenpox immunoglobins. Thirdly you can get the immunity by catching the disease by deliberate exposure of the child to chickenpox patient. After the attack of chickenpox you have immunity against the virus.
