When is chicken pox contagious?

Even when they scab over they have a chance of being contagious it real stops when the rash site is completely clear. Depending on the severity of when you get chicken pox you can get it again. Not only that chicken pox virus is stored in your body for the rest of your life and can reappear as Herpes zoster aka Shingles which sucks a whole lot more and i kno cause I've had it. But the good news is shingles on occurs on rare occasions when your elderly and have a weakened immune system or it can occur when your younger when you body goes through extreme stress which was my case cause i had a bad sunburn plus sleep deprivation and a minor case of heat stroke all in one fun package.  more

Chickenpox is contagious, meaning that someone who has it can easily spread it to someone else. Someone who has chickenpox is most contagious during the first 2 to 5 days that he or she is sick. That's usually about 1 to 2 days before the rash shows up. So you could be spreading around chickenpox without even knowing it! A person who has chickenpox can pass it to someone else by coughing or sneezing. When he or she coughs, sneezes, laughs, and even talks, tiny drops come out of the mouth and nose. These drops are full of the chickenpox virus. It's easy for someone else to breathe in these drops or get them on his or her hands. Before you know it, the chickenpox virus has infected someone new. Can you get chicken pox twice? No. It can come back as shingles. After infection, the virus stays in the body for life. Although people cannot get chickenpox twice, the same virus causes shingles. A person with shingles can spread the virus to an adult or child who has not had chickenpox, and ...  more

Chickenpox are contagious until the lesions all dry up and scab over.  more