A 35-year-old member asked:
does chicken pox in young children always cause shingles later as an adult?
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Dr. David Rosenfeld answered
26 years experience Pain Management
See below : Shingles is the reappearance of the chicken pox virus in adulthood after a period of stress or immunocompromise. You must have had chickenpox earlier in life to develop shingles.
Answered on Dec 11, 2014
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
45 years experience Pediatrics
Will not trigger it: The exposure to a child with chickenpox will not cause shingles to appear in an adult. If the adult never had chickenpox (rare) it could be passed to the adult as the generalized illness of chickenpox.Incubation period would be 10-21 days(ave 14).
Answered on Sep 28, 2016
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Dr. Joseph Eastern answered
43 years experience Dermatology
Depends...: ...On how high your chicken pox antibody titre is. As we get older our antibody levels diminish, and it is thought that when the level drops below som ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mark Diamond answered
45 years experience Pediatrics
See Below: Until they are totally scabbed over. Although keeping them covered helps.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
32 years experience Pediatrics
Yes: Chicken pox and shingles are due to the same virus (the zoster virus). If a child has no good immunity to the zoster virus (never caught chicken pox, ... Read More
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Dr. Ronald Krauser answered
51 years experience Rheumatology
Yes: Yes it can.
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