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A member asked:
Can someone catch she shingles virus from someon else if theyve had chicken pox before or can they only contract it on their own?
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No: Shingles and chicken pox are the same virus. Shingles is a reactivation of the chicken pox. If you have had chicken pox, you are at risk from developing shingles from a reactivation of your own previous chicken pox infection. You will not get shingles from being exposed to a person with shingles.
Answered 5/6/2016
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Shingles: Coming in contact with a Shingles rash/blister can infect someone who doesn’t have immunity to chickenpox. That person could develop chicken pox (not shingles). A person must have previously had chickenpox in order to develop Shingles.
Answered 10/27/2018
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