Can you get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you have been vaccinated

Symptoms

VZV is spread from person to person in 3 main ways: through tiny droplets expelled into the air by coughing or sneezing; through contact with saliva or mucus draining from the nose of an infected person; and through direct contact with the fluid from the blisters that are part of the skin rash of Chickenpox.

The individual lesions of the rash look like a small (1-4 mm) bump or small blister (“vesicle”) surrounded by a flat pink or red area of skin only a couple of mm wider than the vesicle. These can be on the scalp or skin.

The incubation period (the time between initial exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms) can last from 10 to 21 days, with an average of 14-16 days being the most common.

Shingles vs chickenpox symptoms

Chickenpox begins with slight fever and feeling of malaise (fatigue and ill feeling), and possibly a sore throat and/or loss of appetite. After 1-2 days, the first red spots of the rash appear, usually beginning on the chest or back.

The rash then spreads over much of the body, appearing in successive patches, so that th

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