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My granddaughter has chicken pox's , my husband had shingles but not chicken pox's , can he catch them too?

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No: If he had shingles he also had chickenpox some time in his past. Both the chickenpox and the shingles boost the immune system and prevent a future case of chickenpox.

Dr Diede and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/9/2013

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