Question 1

how long do you think is a person with shingles contagious?

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Shingles: A person with shingles is contagious only by direct contact.  They are contagious for as long as they have a blister-type lesion.  Once the blisters resolve or "crust over", they are no longer considered contagious.  This process can take 1-2 weeks from onset of rash.

Question 2

how do you know when shingles are no longer contagious?

Accepted Answer

No rash: As long as you can see the rash, it can be contagious. The blisters contain the herpes virus.

Question 3

when i am no longer contagious with shingles if i haven't had blisters?

Accepted Answer

When all scabs are g: When all scabs are gone. Most people already have the virus or immunity from a shot. You may transmit chicken pox to a susceptible person but shingles is not transmitted. People who might get chicken pox from you include those with weak immunity such as lymphoma, transplants, hiv.

Question 4

is shingles contagious?

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Yes: Its a reactivation of the chicken pox virus. Until all the vesicles have crusted over, you can give it to anyone who hasn't had chicken pox or the vaccine. Avoid exposure to young kids, pegnant, elderly, frail, or folks with lowered immune systems.

Question 5

r shingles contagious ?

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Yes, circumstantial: You can't catch shingles from someone else who has shingles. But there is a small chance that a person with a shingles rash can spread the virus to another person who hasn't had chickenpox and who hasn't gotten the chickenpox vaccine.

Question 6

how contagious is shingles?

Accepted Answer

Very, sort of.: When a person has chicken pox they never completely get rid of the virus.  It hides in nerve cells.  As immunity falls over time the virus can reactivate, travel to the skin and causes shingles.  If you have never had, or been vaccinated for, chicken pox you could catch chicken pox from someone with shingles.  Shingles exposure is also dangerous for pregnant women and the immune suppressed.

Question 7

is it true that shingles contagious?

Accepted Answer

Yes: They are contagious in the vesicle stage.  Avoid contact with other people at this time. Do not pick them, let them heal and seek help at the earliest sign.

Question 8

how long is shingles contagious for?

Accepted Answer

1—2 weeks: It is contagious until scabs are totally dry, but requires direct contact

Question 9

are shingles contagious at all times?

Accepted Answer

Yes: But not by droplets the way chicken pox  is tramsmitted.  If you touch th fluid from one of the shingles then get it in a cut or eye, mouth. Or nose and you have never had chicken pox then you could catch actual chicken pox.

Question 10

when does shingles become contagious?

Accepted Answer

When skin is broken: Shingles skin lesions have contagious viruses from the time the skin lesions begin to break (feel damp or sticky) until after the skin is healing, covered with dry scabs or dry skin. If there is any moisture coming through the shingles rash, then one can safely presume there are still viruses there.

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