i have never had chickenpox can i get shingles?
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This is a bit of a trick question. You can only get shingles if you've already had chickenpox. Shingles can develop in anyone who has had chickenpox. If you haven't had chickenpox but are exposed to someone with chickenpox or shingles, regardless of your age, you will develop chickenpox first.
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Symptoms of shingles are less severe with vaccinated individuals, and they're far less likely to develop postherpetic neuralgia after the shingles clears up. If you haven't had chickenpox, you can't get shingles—but that doesn't mean that contact with shingles won't get you sick.
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You cannot get shingles from someone with chickenpox You cannot get shingles from someone with shingles or chickenpox. But you can get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you have not had chickenpox before. When people get chickenpox, the virus remains in the body.
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If you haven't had chickenpox, you can't get shingles—but that doesn't mean that contact with shingles won't get you sick. If you are over the age of 50, and have had chickenpox, consider the Zostavax vaccine and call the professionals at Northeast Dermatology Associates.
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You can only get shingles if you've already had chickenpox. Shingles can develop in anyone who has had chickenpox.
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Shingles causes open, oozing blisters, and the varicella-zoster virus can spread through contact with unscabbed shingles blisters. If you haven't had chickenpox, you can get the varicella-zoster virus from contact with someone else's oozing shingles blisters.
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You cannot get shingles from someone with chickenpox When people get chickenpox, the virus remains in the body. It can be reactivated later and cause shingles if someone's immune system is lowered.
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Anyone who's had chickenpox may develop shingles. After you recover from chickenpox, the virus can enter your nervous system and lie dormant for years. Eventually, it may reactivate and travel along nerve pathways to your skin — producing shingles. But, not everyone who's had chickenpox will develop shingles.
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You may not get chickenpox twice, but VZV could make you sick twice. Once you've had chickenpox, the virus remains inactive in your nerve tissue. Although it's unlikely you will get chickenpox again, the virus may reactivate later in life and cause a related condition called shingles.
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You have immunity if you've had chickenpox before or have had the chickenpox vaccine. If you have immunity it means you can't get chickenpox, but you can still get shingles later in life. Tests may be done on people who don't have or are unsure about immunity and are at higher risk of complications from VZV.
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Pain is usually the first symptom of shingles. For some, it can be intense. Depending on the location of the pain, it can sometimes be mistaken for a symptom of problems affecting the heart, lungs or kidneys. Some people experience shingles pain without ever developing the rash.
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It shows your level of chickenpox immunity. But if you're 50 or older, you can and should get the new shingles vaccine, Shingrix, whether or not you remember getting chickenpox in childhood.
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Both chickenpox (varicella) and shingles (zoster) cause chickenpox in susceptible children and adults who do not have immunity, either by disease or immunization. Remember, you can't get shingles without first having chickenpox or the vaccine.
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People can also get shingles after getting the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine. However, people who get the chickenpox vaccine are less likely to have shingles later in life than people who have had chickenpox disease. Learn more about shingles and the 2 approved vaccines here.
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If you had chickenpox as a child, you may not get it again in your adulthood, but you are still at the risk of getting shingles. Shingles is more than just adult chickenpox.
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Various Virus Thoughts Magnet: Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus. I do not understand why having chickenpox when younger does not provide immunity to shingles later. Measles is also a virus, but once you have measles, you are immune.
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The answer is no: if you have had chickenpox yourself when young, you will have been carrying the varicella-zoster virus responsible for it ever since. This remains dormant, usually forever – unless you come into contact with someone with shingles, which can then re-activate the virus.