Yes: You must have had prior exposure to the varicella zoster virus to get shingles, and the majority of people who have been exposed to the virus have had overt chickenpox. I can't tell which your daughter has been diagnosed with: shingles or chickenpox. Anyone diagnosed with shingles, especially otherwise healthy young adults, should be tested for hiv, since it can increase the risk.
Answered 12/28/2013
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Yes: Essentially all of the patients with shingles have had either wild chickenpox or the vaccine at some point in their life. The shingles represents a brief and localized re-activation of the virus that went into hibernation after the first illness or vaccine.
Answered 12/27/2013
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Shingles: Yes. That is what shingles is: a reactivation of a previous chicken pox infection.
Answered 12/27/2013
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