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Originally Posted by babbs455
I do not know of one but hubby has had a very very bad case of them for over a month now..It is taking a hugh toll on his life he can't work (flooring installation contractor) let alone maintain our lifestyle...Thank goodness we own our own business as he would not be possible to do any floors at this point of the juncture..
IT affects the whole family for sure..I am going to have to get back down on my knees and install floors til he is able...  not a happy camper....
I send prayers to you if you are suffering from this debilitating virus!!! IT IS HORRIFFIC!! |
It is. My mom had it. Hope your hubby is on the mend soon........
Thanks for bringing up this topic, as painful as it is for your husband.
I've wondered if any of us could get shingles from being near our adolescent grandchildren who get that vaccination against herpes???
When their skin is broken out with tiny blisters after receiving the vaccine?
Our grand daughter had the vaccine a few years ago and then came to visit us.......she was sitting next to me on the sofa......I asked her what the tiny blisters were on her arms and face, etc...........she didn't know.
She also didn't tell me she just had the vaccine (shot). This was in early October. By the time their visit was over, half of my face broke out in tiny blisters which I pressed.......fluid came out........to make a long story short.........they lasted till Halloween and then dried up. I know I had chickenpox as a child and this "whatever it was" was not painful.......it reminded me of chicken pox but was just on one side of my face.
A mild case of chicken pox.
I wish our daughter had told us about the vaccine..........I really do believe that by my touching our grand daughter's skin, I somehow picked up the fluid from the blisters.....which must have been a reaction to the vaccine........
After the fact, months later, I mentioned it and our daughter just said that since I had already had chicken pox as a kid , I already had the virus inside of me?????????????????? I don't think I had shingles. I think I had chicken pox......weird.....very weird. I put calomine lotion on the pustules and they dried up.
Transmission
Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another. However, the virus that causes shingles, the varicella zoster virus, can be spread from a person with active shingles to a person who has never had chickenpox. In such cases, the person exposed to the virus might develop chickenpox, but they would not develop shingles. The virus is spread through direct contact with fluid from the rash blisters, not through sneezing, coughing or casual contact.
A person with shingles can spread the virus when the rash is in the blister-phase. A person is not infectious before blisters appear. Once the rash has developed crusts, the person is no longer contagious.
Shingles is less contagious than chickenpox and the risk of a person with shingles spreading the virus is low if the rash is covered.
If you have shingles
- Keep the rash covered.
- Do not touch or scratch the rash.
- Wash your hands often to prevent the spread of varicella zoster virus.
- Until your rash has developed crusts, avoid contact with
- pregnant women who have never had chickenpox or the varicella vaccine;
- premature or low birth weight infants; and
- immunocompromised persons (such as persons receiving immunosuppressive medications or undergoing chemotherapy, organ transplant recipients, and people with HIV infection).