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Originally Posted by rico
Didn't shingles and chicken pox used to be known as the same thing? Shingles used to essentially be known as "adult chicken pox?"
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Sorta.. Anyone who has had chicken pox can get shingles
A person with shingles can give you chicken pox if you have never had it.
A person with shingles cannot give another person shingles
Shingles come from a trace amount of the virus in your system that lays dormant around your spinal cord but they don't know a whole lot about what triggers it... Possible stress is a theory.
Full blown adult chicken pox is really bad I heard...