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A member asked:
My partner had shingles aged 10 but never had chicken pox. our daughter has now got chicken pox could he still get chicken pox after having shingles?
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Shingles chickenpox: Shingles is a reactivated form of varicella virus that causes chickenpox. If one gets shingles, there was a chickenpox infection previously. Some people have what is called a subclinical chickenpox (varicella) infection with none or few unnoticed vesicles during the illness & do develop antibodies that will be positive on a blood test. People who had shingles do not get chickenpox again.
Answered 12/10/2013
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Shingles: Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in nerve tissue near your spinal cord and brain. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles.
Answered 4/14/2013
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Amnesia: Your partner had chickenpox at some point, or the vaccine, or he wouldn't have had shingles. He is immune to chickenpox.
Answered 8/17/2017
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