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Can you get shingles from lying in a bed after someone else who had shingles say in a hospital?
Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus. You do not get shingles from someone with shingles; you get chickenpox from someone with shingles. Then when you get older, you will get shingles because you had chickenpox. Or, you might get older and never get chickenpox. In that case, you will thank your mother for having you vaccinated against chickenpox when you were a child.
Can you get shingles from someone if you have had chickenpox?
No, it is not.
How likely are you to get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you have not had chickenpox?
You could get chicken pox if you have never had it before. However, while your chances of getting chicken pox from someone with shingles is in the realm of possibility, you will rarely come across someone with shingles, since they are mostly home with the illness.
You have idiopathic urticaria can you get shingles from someone with chickenpox?
You can't get shingles from someone with chickenpox, whatever your other medical conditions. You only get shingles from reactivation of your own prior infection with chickenpox virus.
Can shingles or chickenpox be transferred by a third party?
Shingles and chickenpox can only be transferred by someone who is infected.
Can you get shingles from someone sitting next to you?
You can get chickenpox, but not shingles, from someone with shingles. You can only get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you haven't had chickenpox or the vaccine before, and if you have direct contact with wet shingles blisters or sores.
Are shingles catchy?
No. You can however catch chickenpox from the shingles if you've never had them before. The shingles themselves come from a dormant chickenpox virus in your skin tissue.
How long is shingles contagious to pregnant women?
Shingles is contagious from the time the rash appears until the blisters have crusted over. If a pregnant woman has never had chickenpox or the varicella vaccine, she can contract chickenpox from someone with shingles. However, if she has had chickenpox or the vaccine, she is not at risk. It's important for pregnant women to avoid exposure to shingles to prevent complications.
Can being exposed to shingles re activate the virus in YOU?
No, being exposed to shingles itself does not reactivate the varicella-zoster virus (the virus that causes shingles) in someone who has never had chickenpox or received the chickenpox vaccine. However, if you have previously had chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in your body and can be reactivated later in life, leading to shingles. The risk of developing shingles increases with age and certain health conditions.
Can you get shingles from someone if you already had chickenpox?
First, you can't "catch shingles" from someone. You can get chickenpox from someone who has shingles, but only if two things are true:You have direct contact with the weeping shingles lesions; ANDYou have not had chickenpox or chickenpox vaccine in the past.You can't get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you are immune. You can't get it from being in the same room with them, either. A person with shingles can go about normal activities, including all work or school, as long as the lesions are covered.
Can you get chickenpox from someone who has shingles?
Yes, it is possible for someone to get chickenpox from a person who has shingles, but it's not easy. You can only get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you come in direct skin-to-skin contact with wet or weeping lesions. Once the lesions are crusted over, you can't get it. Since you haven't had chickenpox, which is the same virus as shingles (that you've now been exposed to), you'll probably end up with chickenpox.
Is it possible to get chickenpox from some one who has shingles when you have only had shingles at a young age and not chickenpox?
First, you can't get shingles at any age unless you have previously had chickenpox. Although your chickenpox illness may have been so mild that you didn't notice, a diagnosis of shingles is proof that you had chickenpox. Second, only those who have never had chickenpox can get chickenpox from shingles. Third, shingles is only contagious through direct contact with wet lesions, and is not likely to be spread through casual contact.
