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URGENT!! SEEIN MY SON WHO'S GOT CHICKEN POX
Should I ? Im 3 weeks into my hep C interferon ribavirin treatment , feelin rough and dont want to make it worse , Ive had the pox as a kid and aslo I saw him last tuesday so may have been contagiose , Ive got to have the lad tomoorrow so need some quick advice
I must have been typing while you were posting...
Shingles comes from a previous case of chicken pox in the same body. Markyt can get shingles any time in the future if his immune system allows it since he was previously infected with chicken pox (herpes zoster virus) Once you have been infected the virus lies dormant on one of your spinal nerves, and if you should one day break out with shingles it will only be on the place on your skin that is innervated by that nerve.
As someone else already posted, if you've already had chicken pox, you are immune to it. You do not get shingles from being exposed to chicken pox.
Once you've had chicken pox, the virus that causes it lies dormant in your body. Sometimes, for reasons not well understood, the dormant virus gets "triggered", resulting in a shingles outbreak. Shingles is not spread from one person to another, but if someone who has never had chicken pox (or been vaccinated for it) is exposed to someone with active shingles, they can get chicken pox.
Shingles most commonly occurs in people over 60 (which is why the shingles vaccine is offered to that age group.)
Once you've had chicken pox, the virus that causes it lies dormant in your body. Sometimes, for reasons not well understood, the dormant virus gets "triggered", resulting in a shingles outbreak. Shingles is not spread from one person to another, but if someone who has never had chicken pox (or been vaccinated for it) is exposed to someone with active shingles, they can get chicken pox.
Shingles most commonly occurs in people over 60 (which is why the shingles vaccine is offered to that age group.)
I would stay away from sick people. Your family should understand. The last thing you need is shingles.
Yea, I agree with Jenny Penny. Shingles may be a problem and you had best check with your doctor. That would be wicked on treatment.
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I don't have any idea how this works but I think I would ask my doctor. My question would be, can I get shingles if I come in contact with someone who has an active case of chickenpox? With your bone marrow possibly suppressed from treatment, that may make your immune system weakened which would leave you open to shingles.
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