tristyn wrote:

Banty wrote:

Shingles is a re-activatoin of herpes zoster (I think it is....)
otherwise known as "Chicken Pox".


Can you not get shingles if you haven't had chicken pox, then? What if
you've had the varicella vax but not actually had the disease?

tristyn
www.tristyn.net



you dn't get shingles without having had chickenpox - you can however
catch chicken pox from someone with shingles

and anyone with a herpes skin disorder who allows it to come in contact
with an infant is grossly irresponsible -- they are risking giving an
infant a lifelong venereal disease through carelessness [assuming it is
Herpex and not the shingles form thereof which appeared to be the case
in the OP's note