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Shingles

Hello, I'm 27 year old. I've had chicken pox in my childhood. I wanted to know if I can get shingles if I am exposed to someone who's currently having chicken pox. Exposed meaning, physical contact (kissing, sex) with someone just out of Chicken pox, with a few scars and dry boils left.

Thanks!

Male | 27 years old

July 27, 03:35 PM

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David Otto, DC, DACBN Chiropractic, Orange Park

You are actually asking two separate questions...you cannot get shingles from having contact with someone who has chickenpox. That being said, when chicken pox lesions are dried, the person is no longer contagious. So, either way, the answer is no.

Elizabeth McNeill Byrd, MD

Internal Medicine

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July 27, 07:18 PM

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Shingles actually is caused by the virus from your episode of chicken pox becoming reactivated and not from outside exposure. The virus hides in the nerves near your spinal cord and follows the nerves out to the skin. It damages the nerves along the way which causes pain which can occur a day or two prior to the rash.

Randy Lamartiniere, MD

Internal Medicine in Baton Rouge, LA

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July 29, 07:18 PM

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probably safe, but I'd wait till all the scabs are gone

Tessa Fischer

Family Medicine

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