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Are shingles contagious?

By Anonymous December 15, 2017 - 8:27pm
 
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Hello. Thank you for writing.

You can't catch shingles from someone else who has shingles. But there is a small chance that a person with a shingles rash can spread the virus to another person who hasn't had chickenpox and who hasn't gotten the chickenpox vaccine. The risk of a person with shingles spreading the virus is low if the rash is covered during the blister stage.  Once the rash has developed crusts, the person is no longer infectious. 

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December 16, 2017 - 5:29am
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