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I have shingles on the left side of my head i have 2 small bumps on my scalp is it contagious ?
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When skin is broken: Shingles skin lesions have contagious viruses from the time the skin lesions begin to break (feel damp or sticky) until after the skin is healing, covered with dry scabs or dry skin. If there is any moisture coming through the shingles rash, then one can presume there are still viruses there. The viruses are called zoster, varicella zoster, or herpes zoster viruses.
Answered 4/27/2018
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Possibly: The debris from the shingles sores can give chickenpox to a susceptible person.The shingles patient is not secreting the germ in their saliva, as they would during chickenpox.So if the sores are covered or the material is kept away from susceptible people, transfer will not occur. This is quite different from chickenpox, where airborne droplets easily spread the disease before the kid breaks out.
Answered 4/29/2018
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