shingles contagious stage

At the beginning of the shingles outbreak, the symptoms, such as Physical fatigue, persistent headache, sudden chills, is this shingles contagious? The answer is yes.

In the middle of shingles outbreak, the rash develops into blisters, during the new blisters forming and old blisters healing, the virus is contagious. When a healthy person is in contact with the broken blisters, it is change to be infected. The virus will slip into the body by mucosal surfaces (such as: mouth, eyes, nose and genitals) or damaged skin. Above is the second period of shingles contagious.

After about an incubation period of about 10 to 21 days, following shingles contagious stage is primary infection, which is called Chickenpox. Reactivation of this virus results in the clinically distinct syndrome of herpes zoster (shingles), and sometimes Ramsay Hunt syndrome type II.

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Shingles is contagious to what kind of people?

Shingles / Herpes zoster is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. The virus can be contagious to any people of those who have had chickenpox, such as adults, children / kids, infants / babies, pregnant women. Once the person was infected, it does not mean she/he will have shingles symptom, in fact, it will develop chickenpox and you experience the normally shingles contagious stage.