Shingles

[Spreeny]

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

[boxtops]

Yes, it's highly infectious.

[boxtops]

^^ No, it's contagious not infectious, at the stage when the blisters erupt.

[ethandron]

this link explains the relationship between the two:
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Shingles.htm

[slaney]

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.

[Spreeny]

Thank you all