Maria asks…
shingles contagious period I want to know shingles contagious period?
Pls can someone tell me when is shingles contagious period I want to know Shingles Contagious Period so that I will not contact it from my friend.
admin answers:
Are you talking of shingles contagious period? Well if that’s what you meant, you can only contact shingles if you have chickenpox but I think the best thing that you need to do for your friend is to look for a cure so that he will be free from the shingle, check the site below it will guide you on how to cure it within 3 days
Daniel asks…
How contagious is shingles?
I heard that shingles are only contagious through direct contact. By direct contact does mean directly touching the infected area or just touching in general or kissing? What would you recommend one to do to speed up the recovery process for shingles?
admin answers:
They mean direct contact with the blister fluid. Once the blisters are all scabbed over, the person is no longer contagious.
Direct contact with the shingles blister fluid can give someone chickenpox if they’ve never had chickenpox or the vaccine. A person who has had chickenpox or the vaccine can decrease their risk of developing shingles in the future by coming into contact with shingles blister fluid.
A person with shingles cannot give someone else shingles.
I’m sorry, I don’t have the answer to your last question. I try to re-expose myself to chickenpox a few times per decade, so hopefully I’ll never have to experience shingles. The incidence of shingles has gone way up since the chickenpox vaccine began being widely used. When people are not exposed often enough to people with chickenpox, they are at much higher risk of developing shingles.
Richard asks…
is shingles contagious ? I want to know?
I want to know if shingles is contagious one of my brother have it and I don’t want it to transfer it to me.
admin answers:
Yes, it is contagious but you shouldn’t be afraid of it
because there are many ways you can cure it very fast.
Thomas asks…
Are shingles contagious through the air?
Before I got diagnosed with Shingles I was hanging out with a few friends and I was wondering if shingles are contagious through the air. I already had the red bumps before I got diagnosed so I hope none of my friends caught the shingles from me. They told me that they already had chicken pox before, so can they catch the shingles from me through the air? Also what is the best suggestion for speeding up the healing process for shingles?
By direct contact do you mean directly touching the infected area or just touching in general or kissing?
admin answers:
Shingles NOT airborne passed through direct contact
take antiviral medications if prescribed by your medical doctor ~~ Acyclovir (Zovirax)
Valacyclovir (Valtrex)
Famciclovir (Famvir)
avoid stress take cool baths use anti itch cream take antihistamines orally if not allergic
however check with your prescribing medical doctor before doing anything on own
Mark asks…
What are Shingles and are they contagious?
medical problem caused by the chicken pox virus
admin answers:
Shingles is the layman’s term for herpes zoster, or h. Zoster for short.
If you’ve had chicken pox, you recovered but the virus that caused it, varicella-zoster virus, or VZV, didn’t leave your system. It retreated into spinal nerves and went dormant. We’re not exactly sure what causes a reactivation, an “awakening” of VZV but it may be a great stress of some sort, psychological (emotional/mental) or physiological (illness/physical). In any event, when VZV is reactivated it moves out along spinal nerve pathways, usually around one side of the trunk, and causes a painful rash that wraps around one side of the trunk. The nerve pathway can follow spinal nerves that service the trunk, neck or even face. An outbreak begins with tingling and painful burning. Then a rash develops in a stripe-like pattern that is almost always one-sided. Blisters develop that break open and drain. Then the rash heals.
The condition, h. Zoster, is NOT contagious. One person having an outbreak of h. Zoster cannot “give” h. Zoster to another. The virus, VZV, CAN be transmitted during an outbreak. The rash involved includes blisters that open and drain and VZV is in the blister fluid and in the open blisters. Only those who have never had chicken pox nor have been vaccinated against it are vulnerable to VZV and the only thing they can get is chicken pox. You have to have had chicken pox first to develop herpes zoster later on.
Most people experience a significant amount of pain and therefore keep the blisters well covered. It requires direct repeated or prolonged contact with drainage to transmit the virus in sufficient numbers to cause chicken pox. It’s unlikely to be transmitted through casual contact. And again if a person has already has chicken pox or has been vaccinated, there’s no need to worry.
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