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Shingles cannot be transmitted from person to person but the chicken box virus that causes shingles can be passed on to someone who has never contracted the shingles virus before. When the shingles rash has developed it is contagious but is not likely to be passed to another person if it is covered up.
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∙ 9y agoShingles is not contagious before the blisters and rash associated with this disease appear. A person is contagious until the last blister scabs over.
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∙ 10y agoChickenpox is contagious from the time before spots appear until all spots are scabbed over.
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∙ 11y agoonly if the blister break
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What illness includes sore joints with skin rash that looks like strep rash?
Among other things, it could be shingles (which might be contagious).
What are definitions of the word shingles?
A shingle is a fixture that is used to cover a roof. Shingles are made from different materials including asphalt, metal, and slate.
Will the shingles rash appear on the elbow?
yes because i have had it on the elbow before.
Is chickenpox contagious three days before blisters show?
Yes, chickenpox is contagious two to four days before the rash appears.
What is a known treatment for shingles?
Shingles is like a rash but with big blisters caused by the chickenpox virus. It is very painful and contagious so if someone has it they need to be quarantined. There isn't a cure for shingles, but known treatment is taking antiviral, pain and antibiotic medication.
Can the shingles vaccine be contagious to others?
When the blisters are open, with weeping, they are contagious, just like the chicken pox. It is extremely important to stay away from elderly people, infants and small children, pregnant women, and anyone who has never had the chicken pox while the shingles are in their contagious stage. Once the shingles have scabbed over, you are less likely to pass it on.
Are measles and mumps contagious?
Yes, it is very contagious; people with measles can be contagious from four days before the rash appears, to four days after the the rash appears.
What are the symptoms of the contagious disease called shingles?
Shingles is a very painful disease that causes a stinging, painful rash on one side of the body. It often starts with a headache or flu-like symptoms and then progresses to a painful rash with blisters. In some cases it presents with a very painful area on one side of the body but the rash never develops.
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.
Can shingles be spread through skin contact?
Shingles is an outbreak of the chicken pox virus that causes a rash on the skin. But before the rash shows up, and after the rash is gone, the virus affects the nerves leading to the skin. Right before the rash shows up, a person affected by shingles might feel an itchy, burny pain in that area. After the rash is gone, the patient might have pain or discomfort in that area for some time -- again, related to the nerve involvement and not the skin rash itself. So, to be precise, shingles always develops "under the skin." The skin symptoms make it easiest to diagnose, but it's not the skin symptoms that cause the greatest aggravation with shingles.
Is pustular rash contagious?
yes
Is shingles a risk factor to others?
I had Shingles. And i gave my brother the chicken pocks Others around you can catch shingles or chicken poxs off you about a week before your rash comes up and a week after the first sign of shingles appears on the skin.
