Can Shingles Cause Chickenpox?
Chicken Pox Many people contract chickenpox when they are children. The condition starts with a fever and other, flu-like symptoms, then sufferers develop an itchy skin rash that blisters. This disease is most common in children under the age of 12, and it’s highly contagious. For this reason children who do get chickenpox are advised to stay home and away from other children. This disease is caused by the Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which is a part of the herpes family of viruses. Like many other herpes viruses, VZV remains dormant in the body for life. Shingles When the dormant chickenpox virus in the nervous system is reactivated later in life (by stress or by another disease like cancer or AIDS), shingles develops. The symptoms of this condition begin with sensitive skin and burning pain. Blisters form on the skin, following the path of one, or rarely several nerves. These blisters swell, pop, then scab over and heal in a period of three to four weeks. Contagion Shingles is a hig
