Can chicken pox and shingles at the same time?

No.: It's the same infection - chicken pox is primary and shingles is a recurrence.

Different pattern: Although the germ is the same for both, the definition of the pattern defines them as 2 distinct issues.Chicken pox refers to the first body encounter with a varicella germ where it produces systemic fever and a well distributed rash.Often from 200-500 spots. Shingles refers to a return of the germ from hibernation in your nerve cells, in a localized area defined by the nerve where it was hiding.