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Spreeny | 15:49 Thu 22nd Dec 2011 | Health & Fitness
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Can you catch shingles off someone else ?, because both shingles & chickenpox have 'blisters' & I know you're still infectious until your chickenpox blisters have all dried up
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Yes, it's highly infectious.
^^ No, it's contagious not infectious, at the stage when the blisters erupt.
this link explains the relationship between the two:
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Shingles.htm
The blisters contain varicella-zoster virus which can cause chickenpox in someone who is non immune, but shingles is caused by reactivation of a previous infection with the virus, so you can't catch shingles from someone else.
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