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Shingles question?

My boyfriend developed shingles when he was younger. I was wondering if it was possible that he could get it again, or that it could cause something more serious?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Absolutely !!!

    They're more commonly referred to as the chicken pox virus (herpes zoster),

    Yes you can have re-current breakouts.

    Stress,trauma,colon toxicity or even surgery can cause these to emerge.

    They're the chicken pox magnified by 1000 times. They're extremely painfull.

    They are contagious !!!!! I don't care what anyone says. You can catch these from a child with active chicken pox if your immune system is compromised.I have heard of certain people having them for almost 2 yrs.

    You have to be 3 months without a breakout. They lay dormant in your body and as mentioned above,they can re-emerge due to several reasons.

    Source(s): Experience !
  • 1 decade ago

    Shingles is really interesting. One must have had Chicken Pox (varicella-zoster virus) in the past. The chicken pox virus stays in the body, in the nerve roots . When the varicella-zoster virus reactivates, the virus moves back down the long nerve fibers that extend from the sensory cell bodies to the skin.

    10-20% of people develop post herpetic neuralgia (pain after the rash has gone). This can last from 1 -3 months and even longer.

    Shingles can recur, but the risk is low ~ 1-5%.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I had shingles for the 1st time whilst i grew to become into 8, and then stored on getting them (i'm kinda sickly, haha!) The stuff interior the blisters could reason persons to get shingles in the event that they touch it. shop your shingles lined up. attempt to no longer scratch them incase it receives on your fingertips and you forget to bathe them. If it itches or stings, lay your hand on a chilly stressful floor and it's going to help. Shingles are like 'person hen pox'. in case you have had hen pox as quickly as, you in no way do back - yet you may get shingles. You get them through rigidity now and back which messes up your immune device. shop it lined. Notify your neices mom and your chum, yet they'll maximum in all hazard me okay till they touched the blisters! yet you ought to shop slightly distance from them till the shingles start to heal. wish they disappear quickly!

  • 1 decade ago

    It is possible, but unlikely.

    The virus won't cause a different disease, but shingles by itself is bad enough if you aren't careful

    Source(s): research from when I got it 2 years ago
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