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If you are vaccinated against chickenpox can you still get shingles?
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∙ 6y ago
No, there is no reason to get chickenpox vaccine if you've had shingles. You should talk with your health care provider about shingles vaccine.
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∙ 10y ago
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Can you get shingles or chickenpox from your daughter?
If you have already had exposure to chicken pox you will not get chickenpox again. However, you can still get shingles from exposure because it is a reaction of the previous infection.
How long after being exposed to shingles will you get it?
IF you're going to get chickenpox from a shingles exposure, it would take between 10 and 21 days to get chickenpox. You'd have to never have had chickenpox before to get shingles, however, even if you'd never had chickenpox, you still might not catch them from being exposed to shingles.
Can you get chickenpox after having shingles?
You had to have had chickenpox once to later develop shingles (a flareup of latent chickenpox virus still in the body). That initial case of chickenpox usually confers lifetime immunity to chickenpox, so you cannot be reinfected. But the immune system often is unable to totally eradicate the chickenpox virus from the body, only keep it at a very low "latent" level that is not contagious and causes no symptoms. Then as one gets older, sporadically the immune system loses control and the latent chickenpox virus growth flares, however instead of producing chickenpox symptoms it produces shingles symptoms. Eventually the immune system again gets control of the chickenpox virus in the body, which returns to latent levels again and the shingles goes away.
Why can a student vaccinated against mumps still be infected by the pathogens that cause other diseases such as a chickenpox?
If a student is vaccinated against mumps, then he will not get mumps. He is susceptible for all other virus infections. Suppose you vaccinate a student for Flu. Still he can get the infection from other strains of the Flu. So immunity is very specific for perticular virus and strain of virus.
If you had chickenpox at age 7 What might prevent you from getting chickenpox a year later?
You cannot get chickenpox twice. Your body adapts to the virus and you no longer break out. You can, however, get shingles later in life from the chickenpox virus still in your body.
Why are you still not immune to chickenpox after two vaccines?
People who have chickenpox normally develop immunity that lasts throughout their life, and they are unlikely to get chickenpox a second time. It is possible for a person who had chickenpox earlier to get shingles, a related disease that affects between one fifth and one third of those who had chickenpox earlier.
Why can someone that's vaccinated against mumps still be infected by chickenpox?
The vaccine that is for mumps is not for any other pathogen. The vaccine is said to be specific. It can be said that the vaccine is like a pair of shoes that fits only you and not your father.
Should you get shingles vaccine when you have shingles?
Yes, shingles vaccine is recommended for patients 60 and over whether they remember having chickenpox or not (see related link). You still could get shingles even if you don't remember having chickenpox.
Does chickenpox vaccine cure chickenpox?
Chickenpox can be prevented . The easiest way to prevent catching chicken pox is to get vaccinated. However, vaccination is only successful in 70% to 90% of all vaccinations. Individuals who have been vaccinated but still acquire chickenpox, usually have a milder disease that heals more quickly than non vaccinated individuals.
What is the name for chickenpox in adulthood?
Chickenpox in adulthood does not have a special name. However, shingles is an infection that can result from later reactivation of your lifelong infection with chickenpox virus. It happens most often in adults.
If I am vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis but my boyfriend isn't vaccinated can I still get it?
Yes, the vaccination doesn't provide 100% protection.
How does Varicella zoster virus cause Chickenpox?
ok, Varicella, or Herpes Zoster is a cell to cell process. It can be spread through contact or air-born pathways. Once it invades the body it travels to the ganglia, or nerves of the body. Once your chickenpox episode is over, guess what? The Varicella is still in the body, only it has become dormant. It travels down the nerves into the spinal column. If it becomes active again, which can happen, it presents as "shingles". That's what they mean when they say if you have had Chickenpox you can get shingles. That's what shingles is; a reactivated, once dormant Chickenpox.
