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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.
Is chicken pox is a protozoa a virus a bacteria or a fungus
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
The cause of a chicken pox infection is the varicella-zoster virus.
It is a noun (chicken pox is the name of a specific disease).
If you have a friend or a family member who has chicken pox, there is good news. You cannot die with chicken pox.
Why not? Once in a while you get the old patients with chicken pox. Even the adults can get chicken pox occasionally. Chicken pox tend to be severe as the age advances.
Yes, but that is a long time to have for. Shingles are caused by the varicella virus (the same one that causes chicken pox). If you've never had chicken pox, you can't get shingles. (I'm a doctor)
chicken pox..
no,the chicken pox are not even caused by chickens. chickens cannot get this virus by any means!
You can but someone who eats the food could get the chicken pox from that person who had the chicken pox that touched the food.
Your doctor can let you know what is and is not safe when you have a case of chicken pox.