What is Shingles?

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From: kimberly collette

Q :  i work with awoman who was diagnosed with shingles can i catch them should she be working with the public in retail

Answer : 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. 

Source : www.aftershingles.com/shingles.html

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