Comments on: A pox on we http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2010/05/a-pox-on-we/ Raising Bernard Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pewari http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2010/05/a-pox-on-we/comment-page-1/#comment-2385 Pewari Mon, 31 May 2010 12:19:42 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/?p=1177#comment-2385 <p>No need to keep him away from Granny (unless stepfather hasn't had pox). Shingles is caused by the virus in her own body re-emerging when at a low ebb, not caught from someone with the pox. In fact, studies seem to suggest that exposure to the chickenpox virus can actually boost immunity to shingles (hence the concern when the vaccine was introduced that more people would have shingles due to less exposure to chickenpox in the wild).</p> <p>On the flip side, shingles CAN give someone else chickenpox if they've never had it.</p> <p>Of course, if he's grumpy with it then best not to do the trip anyway as he won't have much fun.</p> No need to keep him away from Granny (unless stepfather hasn’t had pox). Shingles is caused by the virus in her own body re-emerging when at a low ebb, not caught from someone with the pox. In fact, studies seem to suggest that exposure to the chickenpox virus can actually boost immunity to shingles (hence the concern when the vaccine was introduced that more people would have shingles due to less exposure to chickenpox in the wild).

On the flip side, shingles CAN give someone else chickenpox if they’ve never had it.

Of course, if he’s grumpy with it then best not to do the trip anyway as he won’t have much fun.

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