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Can you get shingles from your daughter if you have already had shingles?
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∙ 13y ago
Well, some people can get chicken pox again even though they had them as a kid. I guess the same goes for shingles.
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Strangely, if you have shingles you could pass on chicken pox to those who haven't ever had it. Shingles comes to those who have had chicken pox--often as a result of stress or other health event that drops immunity.
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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.
Can you get the shingles vaccine after having shingles?
You could get the vaccine if you already had shingles; but it may not help you from recurrence of zoster, which by the way is less than 5%. If it does recur, the vaccine may help you.
Can you catch shingles from other children who have shingles?
No. While you can catch chickenpox, shingles comes from a virus already within you (chickenpox virus) so you can only have shingles if you have previously had chickenpox. I myself had shingles back when I was in the fourth grade but neither my brother nor my sister ever had it.
How do you know you have Shingles?
if you have had the chicken pox, the shingles virus is already inside you. call your doctor if you have a rash that feels that some one lit it on fire
What would cause a child of 2 to get shingles?
the Varicella Zoster virus but elderly people usually get the shingles because they have already had the chicken pox before
Can you make a sentence with susceptible?
She is susceptible to shingles since her daughter had chicken pox, and the two are related.
How long does it take to get shingles once you have been around someone wo has them?
From what I read on medicine net shingles can't be transmitted if you already had chicken pox and if you do get it then you will get chicken pox.
Can you die if you get shingles in your eyes?
Yes, shingles can cause blindness, because the virus can infect the eye. Untreated shingles can cause many serious complications, which makes it very important to seek proper medical care with this condition.
What are the demographics of shingles?
Shingles arises in individuals who have already had chicken pox, and especially in people with weakened immune systems, such as the elderly or people receiving chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation.
Does shingles to the right side of head is very painful and tender to touch?
That is very unfortunate to have shingles of any branch of the trigeminal nerve. Shingles vaccine should be given at very economical cost to the elderly, who has already given so much to the society. By no stretch of imagination, you can have large cost of manufacturing the shingles vaccine.
Can you get chickenpox from someone who has shingles if you had shingles before?
If you had shingles before, that means you had chicken pox already as a child, long before shingles developed. You cannot catch chicken pox from shingles if you already had chicken pox.Chicken pox is a one-time illness, usually in childhood. It does not matter how "mild" or "bad" the chicken pox is. The body's defenses are activated whether "mild" or "bad" and immunity results. No person acquires chicken pox twice.Shingles is caused by the same virus but with shingles, the virus is re-activated within the person's own body (not from catching the chicken pox virus from someone else). A person who never had chicken pox cannot get shingles; but that person who never had chicken pox can get chicken pox.A person who has shingles can infect others with chicken pox, but only if those persons (usually children) never had chicken pox before. If a person with shingles is around a person/child who already had chicken pox, the other people won't get chicken pox or shingles.The defining factors in shingles are:The person already had chicken poxThe person is generally over 50 years oldThe person may also have a compromised immune system
Do black people have shingles?
No, shingles comes from the Chicken Pox virus. If you have had Chicken Pox in your lifetime then you can get shingles at most anytime, it usually develops in your old age tho. I'm HIV positive since 1990 and have had Chicken Pox as a child. shingles was considered a opportunistic infection of HIV and I have already had shingles when I was in my 30's.
