When I was 5 years old I got the chicken pox, but it was caught very early and I was given a shot to stop it, because my mom was pregnant. So, I have no clue whether I can get it or not. And I'm freakin out because this guy I work with has shingles and I worked with him like twice while he had it...and I read that you can get chicken pox from someone who had shingles..uhmm.. HELP? thanks =]
2007-12-14 02:50:49 · 6 answers · asked by Kim 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
I have already worked with him and he gave me two breaks, so he was in the same area as me and touched the same register. and i have no clue why he was at work..
2007-12-14 12:58:37 · update #1
oh and like I said.. it was an odd situation.. so I don't know if it was like me technically even having chicken pox..it was basically stopped before it really started... and I dont think it was a vaccine.
2007-12-14 12:59:59 · update #2
If you are concerned that you might not be immune to chicken pox there is a chicken pox vaccine that can boost your immunity. However, if you get it you will still have to wait a couple of weeks until your antibody levels rise, so you should still stay away from your coworker.
2007-12-14 03:01:44 · answer #1 · answered by Beetle in a Box 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicken pox is from the shingles family. There is an immunity test that you can get at the Health Department. This should help. If you touched the shingles, then you have to worry. That is how it is spread. I also learned from my Contagious Diseases class that it can also be transmitted by droplet. In other words, if a shingles patient coughs on you, you may get it.
2007-12-14 02:57:31 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you have had chicken pox or the vaccine, you are immune to it, and you can't catch shingles from him. There is one catch - if you had chicken pox, it can stay dormant in your body for decades and pop back up as shingles, so there's no guarantee that you won't develop shingles later in life (but this has nothing to do with you infected co-worker).
2007-12-14 02:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken pox is highly contagious disease via droplet or skin contact recurrent infection yields zoster or shingles in immunocompromised adult starts as severe pain in sensory nerve and ganglia and then vesicles appears in enervated area usually unilateral trunk treatment is acyclovir but you could protect your self by being either away from him or have good immunity since it only infect immunocompromised one
2007-12-14 03:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by dremadagwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can. Why is a guy with shingles in a workplace?
2007-12-14 02:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by Maz T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can catch it again but it's rare. Wash your hands often and if you start feeling cruddy, go see a doctor and let them know what you have been exposed to.
2007-12-14 02:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by squishie bug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋