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: kimberly collette
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: i work with awoman who was diagnosed with shingles can i catch them should she be working with the public in retail
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: Hello Kimberly. Shingles is not infectious in the same way as chickenpox, where the virus can be passed on in coughs and sneezes. Shingles is not contagious. Shingles occurs only when the virus in a person's body becomes active. Contact with an infected person will not cause shingles. However, although shingles is not contagious, contact with a person with shingles could lead to chicken pox in someone who has never had chicken pox and has not received the varicella vaccine.