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Can a nurse without chickenpox exposure take care of a patient with active shingles?
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A nurse without proper immunization is fooling herself.
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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 a baby without vaccine catch chickenpox?
Yes, a baby without vaccine can get chickenpox.
What happens if a pregnant lady gets smallpox?
A person with shingles needs to take precautions around a pregnant woman without evidence of immunity to chicken pox. The pregnant woman should discuss the matter with her health care provider, who may have checked immunity at the preconception visit or a prenatal visit. Because typical shingles is communicable only by direct contact with lesions, even health care workers with typical shingles (not severe) are allowed to work as long as the sores can be covered.
Can you have shingles and not break out?
You can only get shingles if you had chickenpox in the past. The virus stays in your body for life, and can be reactivated in the future to cause shingles. You don't need a second exposure to chickenpox in order to get shingles.
How does chickenpox enter your body?
Shingles aren't spread, they come from the virus that cause chicken pox. If you have ever had chicken pox then you are able to have shingles. Especially if you have a weak immune system. A person with shingles coming in contact with a person that doesn't have shingle can't give the person without shingles, shingles. They can however, cause then to get chicken pox.
Is chickenpox contagious?
Yes, chickenpox is highly contagious. But only to people who have never had it or had the vaccine. In countries without routine vaccination, 90% of people get chickenpox before they are 15 years old.
Your husband has had shingles before and was diagnosised with it again today he works and lives with a lot of men when on the job how long should he avoid working and living with these people?
He only has a small chance of infecting the 10 percent of the population that has NOT had chickenpox, (the varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and shingles). The first time you are infected with the virus it presents as chickenpox, the subsequent outbreaks present as shingles. Anyone who has had chickenpox in the past already has the virus, and it may emerge at some point during their lifetime as shingles. So if any of these guys haven't had chickenpox they better stay away. Otherwise, they have nothing to worry about, as being around someone else with an outbreak does not trigger one of their own. Also, it's unlikely it would be spread without direct contact with the rash even if someone does not have the virus, but I would be careful about it. I guess the ultimate answer you're looking for is the following; A person is contagious from when the blisters form until they scab over. Generally, blisters will scab over within 7-10 days. However in some cases it could take much longer.
How long are shingles contagious after taking medication?
Shingles is only contagious before the blisters and sores dry. Once they're scabbed over, the virus is not contagious. Remember that shingles can only be spread by direct contact with the lesions. You can't get shingles from someone unless you touch their wet lesions. You won't get it from riding a bus with them, eating with them, or being in the same room with them. Patients with shingles can continue normal activities, including school and work, as long as the lesions are covered.Children do not get attack of shingles before they get chicken pox. You get attack of shingles only after you have had chicken pox.
Could you die from chickenpox in the 16th century?
Yes, there have always been deaths from chickenpox. Usually, patients recover completely without complications.
What is the mortality rate of mumps?
The mortality rate of chickenpox is 0.0014% of death when an adult and even lower when a child. Chickenpox rarely causes death. This disease is more severe in adults than children. Nevertheless it can cause death, at times, especially in patients who are compromised immunologically.
Can you carry chickenpox if you yourself are not infected?
To "carry" an infectious disease means to be infected without having symptoms; therefore, you can't "carry" chickenpox if you're not infected.
Could I have gotten chickenpox as a child without knowing as my sister got them and we shared the same bed?
Yes, you can have a case of chickenpox so mild that you didn't notice any bumps.
