is a person no longer contagious 6 days after the chicken pox rashes develop,even they are not crusted ?
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theyre still contagouis  there are tiny viruses that are still there
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Yes. \nA person is considered contagious when prodromal symptoms, active sores, and healing lesions are present, however herpes can be potentially contagious when no symptoms are present. That is, a person who has genital herpes has the potential to always be shedding active virus. \n\nBut keep in mind that everyone is different-- all bodies and immune systems are different, and the longer you're infected, the less common any such outbreaks will occur. The physical ailment is minor compared to the mental anguish brought about by those in the world who "aren't infected," or simply not informed on such matters. Funny how many people in the world who have HSV (or-al canker sores) and think they DON'T have herpes. And yes, even that form of HSV can be spread from a person's mouth to their partner's genitals through or-al contact. \nEver wonder why there are so many Valtrex commercials on TV these days? The increase in infections has skyrocketed since the '70's. I think W caused that, too. ;)
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If you really do have shingles, you can be contagious. Shingles is actually very painful. If you're itchy because it's starting to heal with scabs, you can rub some hydrocortisone cream 1% . If you have shingles, you should consider getting an HIV test.
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He has shingles, which is herpes simplex and it is not caught from one person to another.  However, you do need to stay away from anyone who has not had chicken pox or the shot.  Shingles is caused from being stressed out and very upset to the point that a nerve comes to the surface and literally burns out which causes the red rash.  It is very painful and it circles the area where the nerve goes and then ends.  He can get it again if he is subject to being nervous or upset.  I have had shingles so many times I now have permanent symptoms in my face, which is numbness and tingling. The sexual herpes is a different type altogether and is caught from one to another and cannot be cured.  There are medications for shingles, but they do not do too much for the problem.  You just have to wait it out.  The symptoms usually last up to four weeks.
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Its only contagious as long as the person is running a fever. Once the fever has stopped its ok. Besides those with mono are quartined until they are no longer able to spread it. If he had it in January odds are you are safe.
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I have never heard anyone around me having it twice. And according to wikipedia,\n\n"Chickenpox has a two-week incubation period and is highly contagious by air transmission two days before symptoms appear. Therefore, chickenpox spreads quickly through schools and other places of close contact. Once someone has been infected with the disease, they usually develop protective immunity for life. It is fairly rare to get the chickenpox multiple times, but it is possible for people with irregular immune systems. As the disease is more severe if contracted by an adult, parents have been known to ensure their children become infected before adulthood."
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I had bad chicken pox at ages...2,5, and 8. I am now 30 yrs old and they have not come back. My immune system took a few times before it came up with the antibioties for it.
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Very rare, but some can get it twice even 3x. I was talking to my son's pediatrician on his 12 month check and I asked about chicken pox. He said he had a patient a long time ago who got vaccinated for chicken pox but still got it. Then, the patient got it the 2nd time. After the 2nd time, they got a blood test done and found that the patient still didn't have immunity to it, so they gave a 2nd vaccine. Finally, that did it.
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I had chicken pox(yes, confirmed by Doc, not shingles) when I was 23. It started out with feeling unwell then turned into pleurisy(inflammation of the lining of the lungs)and I whistled like a tea kettle and could not inhale deeply without doubling over.The next day the spots appeared. My sons were 1 and 4 at the time and I gave it to them. It lasted for weeks and I had to go to the doctors every other day so he could make sure I did not get pneumonia. I had them on my palms, my soles of my feet, even my gums!(couldn't brush because they'd pop and spread.) I laid on the couch sick as a dog for 2 weeks until the baby got them too.He was relentless because every time I would lay down he would come pick my spots.I have 3 scars on my face from him. We laugh about this now that he's 11 but it wasn't fun at the time.
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It depends on the person, and the strength their immune system, but also the strength of the virus. I would assume 10 days is a little bit longer than the average, just so that people do not spread the virus.
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Chicken Pox (Varicella)\nA highly contagious and common viral infection that causes a rash. Chicken pox infections occur year-round, most often during winter and spring.\nWhat are the symptoms?\n\nThe incubation period—the time from exposure to the chicken pox virus until you develop symptoms—is usually 14 to 16 days but can be from 10 to 21 days. You or your child may feel sick and have a fever for 1 or 2 days before the chicken pox rash  develops. The most distinctive sign of infection is an itchy rash of red spots and blisters. Some children may have a worse rash and more symptoms than others.\n\nIt takes about 1 or 2 days for a chicken pox red spot (macule) to go through all of its stages, including blistering, bursting, drying, and crusting over. New red spots continue to develop every day for as long as 5 to 7 days. Symptoms usually last about 10 days.\n\nChildren usually can return to school or daycare when they stop developing new red spots.\n\nTeenagers, adults—especially pregnant women—and anyone with other conditions or illnesses should see a health professional.\n\nAs for shingles, you can only GET SHINGLES IF YOU HAVE HAD CHICKEN POX, the virus lays dormant, and may reactivate, when stressed, or some virus etc.\n\nShingles\nShingles is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have had chickenpox, the chickenpox virus remains inactive in your body in certain nerves. If the virus does become active again, usually later in life, it causes shingles. Shingle is very painful.\n\nMy husband is a insulin diabetic, and came down with chicken pox, from our daughter, with in a fortnight of her coming down with them. And was very ill. \n\nPlease if you believe your son has chicken pox please seek medical assistance immediately, especially as he has a disability.\n\nI seriously hope he has not got chicken pox, if he does your in for a rough ride. \n\nTake care and good luck.
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I've had eczema for many years. I get it on my hands and feet mostly. Tiny little blisters from scratching. . The itch can be totally unbearable. Scratching also pops the blisters and the more you scratch the worse it seems to get. There are creams that you can get from your DR. That will help. \nChicken pox usually starts with a fever and not feeling well. and is all over your body. The rash usually last about 10days. And itches just as bad. Take her to the DR. if your really not sure.
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Yes, you can spread herpes even if you never have any symptoms. \nThere are cases where a person can have the herpes virus and show little or no symptoms, often referred to as asymptomatic herpes.\n\nIt is possible for a person to carry the virus without knowing that they have it, in fact, up to 80% of people who are infected with HSV-2 show no signs of the infection. So it is possible for a person to unwittingly transmit the infection to their partner.\n\nThe symptoms of the infection vary greatly between individuals. It might be totally unnoticeable in one person, but cause severe blistering in their partner.\n\nThe herpes virus can lay dormant for various time periods, and may be in your system for a time period before any symptoms begin to show. The usual incubation period of the virus (time before any symptoms show) is approximately two to twelve days after the initial exposure to the virus.\n\nThe virus can remain inactive in the body for long periods. Most of the time when Herpes sores are not present on the skin the virus remains in a latent (inactive) state in the central nervous system, where it does no damage.\n\nWhen the virus reactivates (wakes up), it travels nerve paths to the surface of the skin, sometimes causing an outbreak of symptoms.
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Sorry I can't provide a citation for this, but I read about this a couple years ago and made a point to remember it.\n\nOn day three you become infectious.\nOn day four you begin to show symptoms.\nSymptoms last through day 11 to 15, depending on the strain of cold you get and your immune system.\n\nSorry, I don't know how long you remain infectious.)
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I don't know what a poked chest is, but those are very common symptoms for everything from a hangover to food poisoning to the flu or a heart attack. Are you wondering if he had something contagious? It's very likely, though anything contagious is typically going to be passed around for anywhere from 24 hours to a week before actual symptoms are present. If your worried about catching something your best bet all the way around is good good hand washing and maybe carrying some antibacterial gel around with you for when a soap and water isn't convenient. You are way more likely to catch something by touching a contaminated surface and touching your face or mouth than to catch something air born.
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"The disease is only moderately infectious, far less so than chickenpox. Unlike chickenpox, smallpox is not notably infectious in the prodromal period—viral shedding being delayed until the appearance of the rash. Smallpox transmission is a risk of prolonged social contact, direct contact with infected body fluids or contaminated objects. Infection in the natural disease will be via the lungs. The incubation period to obvious disease is around 12 days. In the initial growth phase the virus seems to move from cell to cell, but around the 12th day, lysis of many infected cells occurs and the virus will be found in the bloodstream in large numbers. The initial or prodromal symptoms are essentially similar to other viral diseases such as influenza and the common cold—fevers, muscle pain, stomach aches, etc. The digestive tract is commonly involved, leading to vomiting. Most cases will be prostrated.\n\nSmallpox virus preferentially attacks skin cells and by days 12–15, smallpox infection becomes obvious. The attack on skin cells causes the characteristic pimples associated with the disease. The pimples tend to erupt first in the mouth, then the arms and the hands, and later the rest of the body. At that point the pimples, called macules, should still be fairly small. This is the stage at which the victim is most contagious.\n\nBy days 15–16 the condition worsens—at this point the disease can take two vastly different courses. The first form is of classical ordinary smallpox, in which the pimples grow into vesicles, and then fill up with pus (turning them into pustules). Ordinary smallpox generally takes one of two basic courses. In discrete ordinary smallpox, the pustules stand out on the skin separately—there is a greater chance of surviving this form. In confluent ordinary smallpox, the blisters merge together into sheets which begin to detach the outer layers of skin from the underlying flesh—this form is usually fatal. If the patient survives for the course of the disease, the pustules will deflate in time (the duration is variable), and will start to dry up, usually beginning on day 28. Eventually the pustules will completely dry and start to flake off. Once all of the pustules flake off, the patient is considered cured."
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The IgG test is looking for antibodies in the blood to HSV-2.  It does take time for the antibodies to develop following the first infection with the virus. I do not know if it 6-8wks, I am assuming that this is what the doctor told her.  It is possible that she was negative previously.  Example: a woman presents with her first outbreak of genital herpes.  culture of the genital blisters confirms the presence of herpes, but her blood test does not show any IgG antibodies yet, but will in the future.  So, if your friend was known to be negative HSV-2 IgG around 6-8 wks ago and now is positive it is a recent infection. I would be wary of using her services.  most herpes infections are transmitted when no lesions are present and condoms do not protect from herpes.