Thank you for your response. Sorry I failed to mention where my rash is. I have it starting on my chin, traveling down my neck and behind my ear and back to the base of my spine. I figure I can cover my neck area by turning up the collar on a golf shirt. I'm not too sure about the chin area, but, am thinking about wearing a large brimmed hat. After reading most of your website and responses to individuals' question, I didn't think I could give anyone chicken pox (and, I know, it would be someone who hadn't already had chicken pox), unless they came in contact with the fluid from my blisters. I don't intend to touch anyone at the golf tournament or the football game. Is it still unsafe for me to attend the events since the virus cannot be contracted via airborne particles? And, additional question, too, please... does heat, like 95 degree weather, effect the rash? Thanks so much, again. If it matters, I'm a 46 year old female.
Even if you have had an episode of shingles all patients above 60 must receive a vaccine to avoid a recurrence of shingles. This advisory is according to a vote by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at its meeting in Atlanta last month.
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From: Stephanie Lawson
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: My 9-yr-old daughter has never had chicken pox but did receive the vaccine. She now has a raging case of shingles. I have read on several sites that it is believed that if you receive the vaccine that you are not susceptible to shingles. Apparently this is not so as the ER Dr. said that there have been several cases of shingles in children who had been vaccinated.
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:Hello Stephanie. Doctors generally consider the chicken pox vaccine to be safe. However you can find more information on this subject on the website
http://www.mercola.com/2002/may/29/
chickenpox_vaccine.htm It carries some detailed study of the relationship between chicken pox vaccine and shingles.