Question 1

are shingles contagious to someone a child that has had a chicken pox vaccination? to someone that has had chicken pox previously?

Accepted Answer

No: Shingles are only contagious to someone who either has not been vaccinated, had the chickenpox or are immunosupressed (i.e. chemotherapy or HIV).

Question 2

when a child gets the chicken pox vaccine, are they contagious with chicken pox?

Accepted Answer

Not contagious: No, the vaccine is attenuated or weaken and they are not contagious.

Question 3

i'm curious, when a child gets the chicken pox vacine, are they contageous with the chicken pox?

Accepted Answer

Not really: There are a few kids that receive this vaccine that will breakout with blisters, however this is not the wild chickenpox. Most have fewer than 50 lesions (cpx average is 200) and they can spread the virus, but it is the weakened vaccine virus that they have and can pass. This would give kids that picked it up a chance to have the vaccine protection without a shot.

Question 4

how contagious is chicken pox?

Accepted Answer

Very: A non immune person exposed to someone with chickenpox has a 95% risk of acquiring the disease.The cpx patient is contagious from a day prior to breaking out until the sixth day.Their saliva, sneezes or the debris from blisters all can spread the disease.The average incubation is 14 days from exposure but the range is 10-21.As little as 1 hour in the same room with a case is considered an exposure.

Question 5

is atypical chicken pox contagious?

Accepted Answer

Confusing question: Some refer to an unusual pattern of blisters that may arise a week or so after the vaccine, or a vaccinated pt with an unusual outbreak months or years later as atypical. The name is not very specific but the condition is contagious.If it is the vaccine virus with a skin outbreak a week or so later, the vaccine virus could be spread. If it was a wild cpx outbreak the wild  virus rules apply.

Question 6

how long is chicken pox contagious?

Accepted Answer

Varies: Patients (usually children) are infectious to others for roughly 2 days before the blisters occur and then until the blisters have formed scabs covering them completely, about 4 to 5 days.

Question 7

how long is a baby contagious with his chicken pox?

Accepted Answer

Chickenpox: The communicability of chickenpox starts from 1-2 days before the rash and for about 7 days after the onset of the rash or until all blisters have formed scabs.

Question 8

how long will my son be contagious with the chicken pox?

Accepted Answer

No less than a week : No less than a week from the first blister and up until the last blister has dried. They are often most contagious in their oral secretions in the day or so before they break out, but virus from the blisters can spread it too.

Question 9

what to do if i want to ask how long is chicken pox contagious?

Accepted Answer

About a week: Chickenpox tends to emerge in waves of new spots over a period of 2-5 days.The blister grows, pops ; crusts usually within a single day. A person is considered contagious for 1-2 days before to 6 days after the emergence of the rash.

Question 10

all my chicken pox were dried up and crusted. but i removed the others and still pinkish and did not wait for it to remove by itself. i'm i still contagious?

Accepted Answer

Chicken pox: "A person with chickenpox can spread the disease from 1 to 2 days before they get the rash until all their chickenpox blisters have formed scabs (usually 5-7 days)."  REF:  https://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/about/transmission.html

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