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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.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 15y agoShingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as HHV-3. This is the same virus that causes chicken-pox, and is transmitted by infected individuals (either chicken-pox or shingles). Shingles is contracted either by inhalation or direct contact with the lesions on the skin of an infected individual.
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∙ 11y agoIt enters the body through the skin. For example if you kiss some one on the mouth while they have a cold sore or when your genitals rub together during intercourse. It's not passed through blood or body fluids but there is a small chance of it being passed if some one with a cold sore bites another person hard enough to break the skin. There is also small chance of passing oral herpes through sharing utensils or cups.
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∙ 10y agoShingles is caused by a viral infection of the sensory nerve of the skin. This can enter our body through food that we eat, or by common contact with a person that has the disease. In most severe cases it can enter the body through contaminated blood fusion.
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∙ 10y agoChickenpox enters your body through the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory system. It is spread by droplet transmission (airborne) as well as by direct contact with wet chickenpox blisters or sores.
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∙ 11y agoA person with shingles can pass the shingles virus to another person who has never before had chickenpox. The infected person will develop chickenpox and not shingles though. The transmission can occur through contact with the open sores of the shingles rash.
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How does the chickenpox virus enter sensory nerves?
The virus slams against the nerve cell and opens the nerve cell's membrane by fusing its membrane with it. The contents of the virus enter the nerves and begin the negative effects.
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.
Where on the body do you find chickenpox?
Chickenpox bumps can be found on any skin or mucous membranes.
Can you only get adult chickenpox on one part of the body?
Chickenpox in children and adults is typically throughout the body. Shingles is likely to be found on only one part of the body.
What could chickenpox come back as?
Chickenpox virus remains in your body, and may be reactivated later to cause shingles.
How do you get rid of chickenpox on your penis?
Chickenpox on your penis will go away with time just as it disappears from other parts of your body.
What are the advantages of chickenpox vaccine?
Chickenpox vaccine provides protection against the chickenpox virus, which can cause both chickenpox and shingles. Getting the vaccine reduces the risk of serious complications, which can occur in pregnant women with chickenpox as well as immunocompromised patients.its a practice for your body
Why you should not wet your body when you have chickenpox?
you get more sicker
what does Chickenpox look like?
The chickenpox virus appears all over a person's body when they have it. It shows up in the form of red dots, and can be contagious.
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.
How do you stop chickenpox instantly?
You cannot stop chickenpox instantly, you just have to wait. See, the bumps from chickenpox actually protect your body from harmful bacteria in your body. There is a fight going on in your body between the anitbodies and bad germs. When the anitbodies win, the bumps go away. So be patient, think of it as a war, because you can't control when wars end. But if you feel the chickenpox lasted to long, check up with the doctor immediately.
Where is the first place on your body to get chickenpox bumps?
Chickenpox lesions usually show up first on the chest, head, and back. Then it spreads over the body.
