Can you get the chickenpox from someone who has shingles?

Answer 1

A child who never had chicken pox can be infected with chicken pox from an adult (usually over the age of 50 years) who develops shingles. Contact with the fluid from mucous membranes (coughing, sneezing) or from contact with the fluid that oozes out of the open sores carries the virus.

A child who has had chicken pox before cannot get chicken pox from an adult with shingles, nor can the child get shingles (because shingles appears later in life).

An adult who has shingles cannot give shingles to another adult--- the 2nd adult would get chicken pox first IF that adult never had chicken pox as a child.

Answer 2

No, herpes is only spread with direct contact with the herpes virus from another person. Herpes is caused by a different microbe than chickenpox, although they are both in the herpesvirus family.

Answer 3

Yes. A person with shingles with open moist lesions is infectious to those without prior chickenpox vaccine or infection. A person with shingles can only spread the virus through direct contact with the lesions; being in the same room with the person with shingles, sharing food, or other contact won't transfer the virus unless there is direct skin-to-skin contact with the lesions. Unlike chickenpox, shingles is not transmitted by coughing or sneezing. As long as the shingles lesions can be covered, someone with shingles can continue all work and family activities without worrying about giving the infection to someone else.

If the shingles lesions are crusted up and dried out, then the infection is past the stage when it is contagious.

Shingles can only cause chickenpox if two things are true:

• You have direct contact with wet shingles lesions;
• You have not been vaccinated against or had chickenpox.

Answer 4

Yes. Chickenpox can be contracted from shingles if the individual has never had chickenpox.Drainage from the blisters can carry the varicella-zoster virus. Shingles may be contagious until lesions have crusted over.

Answer 5

You can only get chickenpox from shingles if you are not immune to chickenpox and if you have direct contact with wet shingles blisters or ulcers. Otherwise, there is no risk.

Answer 6

Yes, chickenpox does not prevent you from getting herpes.

Answer 7

You don't get oral herpes from shingles.