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Shingles

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greenlady102 Sat 12-Jun-21 11:06:30

www.nhs.uk/conditions/shingles/

greenlady102 Sat 12-Jun-21 11:04:53

no. although when you are shedding virus, you could give an unvaccinated person chicken pox. Shingles is caused by dormant chicken pox virus in a nerve root reactivating

FannyCornforth Sat 12-Jun-21 11:03:40

You'd be better of Googling 'shingles NHS' to get the full information

florina Sat 12-Jun-21 10:58:47

Is shingles contagious?