Your Questions About Shingles

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Herpes zoster (shingles) during pregnancy will not affect the fetus. Antibodies in the bloodstream will prevent the virus from crossing the placenta. Primary infection (chickenpox) is more problematic, but shingles is not.

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Shingles (also known as herpes zoster) and chicken pox (also known as varicella) are both caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). If you develop a VZV infection during pregnancy, it may pose some risk to your unborn child. This, of course, depends on your stage of pregnancy.

If you develop chicken pox before you are 30 weeks pregnant, your baby may be born with a birth defect. However, these cases are rare and experts differ in their opinions about how great the risk is.

Most experts agree that developing shingles during pregnancy is even less likely to harm your unborn child.

See your doctor!

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Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. It appears as a painful rash of tiny blisters, usually on the arms, legs or body.

You can’t “catch” shingles from anyone else; it is already in your body from when you had chickenpox. The virus tends to lay dormant for a number of years, but can reactivate and manifest itself as the painful shingles rash.

Whilst there is a close connection between shingles and chickenpox, there is no evidence to suggest that shingles in pregnancy will lead to any problems with your baby. This is probably because you already have immunity to the virus, and this immunity is passed on to your baby.

While shingles is harmless in pregnancy, chickenpox can cause problems. A small percentage of babies whose mothers catch chickenpox when they are pregnant have birth defects.

Although you cannot give anybody shingles, it is possible to pass the virus on as chickenpox. For this reason, you should avoid other pregnant women if you are suffering from shingles. It’s best to wait until the lesions on your skin have healed up before you make contact, particularly if the rash is on a part of your body that is not covered by clothes.

Your doctor will be able to discuss which treatment can help to relieve your symptoms with you. You may find that the treatment you are considering is not licensed for use during pregnancy, so you may want to talk this through, and think about whether the benefits outweigh any possible risks.

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Although shingles and pregnancy happening at the same time is not a frequent occurrence, some pregnant women have been known to have chicken pox. It is actually possible to recover from chicken pox while pregnant. It is also possible to deliver a normal baby even if the mother has been sick with chicken pox. There have been cases however when chicken pox can result in health complications for both the mother and the baby. Pregnant women who are sick with chicken pox may develop pneumonia or encephalitis. Babies too may be born with some abnormalities. Chicken pox during pregnancy is therefore dangerous.

What You Should Do
The effects of the chicken pox virus on an unborn child may be most critical if a pregnant woman is within 3-5 months pregnant. Depending on the severity of your illness and the term of your pregnancy, your doctor may prescribe antiviral medication or medicines that can suppress the virus.

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