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Father was diagnosed herpes from blisters in his upper back portion with minor fever. how did he get it and what precautions to avoid contagiousness?
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Herpes Zoster: Shingles are a reactivation of the childhood infection form Chicken Pox. IT is not contagious. He did not just 'get it'. This is a common and painful reactivation of a previous infection. It must be treated aggressively with antiviral medication. And then he should get the shingles vaccine so this does not occur again.
Answered 7/24/2014
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