Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another.
Can shingles spread on your body by touch.
So the answer is yes you can spread shingles to other parts of your body by touching the rash then like touching my face my face will get the shingles yes or no.
No source i could find even recommended washing hands after touching the rash before touching other parts of your body except for the eyes which would be a basic precaution if spreading the rash were a concern in not immunocompromised patients.
Shingles involves a painful rash.
If you have shingles you should keep your rash covered not touch or scratch the rash and wash your hands often to prevent the spread of the virus.
You will typically develop a rash about 1 5 days.
Yes you can shingles are very contagious.
You can t get shingles from someone with shingles but you can get chickenpox.
It often develops on one side of the body and it can affect the face back abdomen mouth and internal organs.
The virus that causes shingles varicella zoster virus vzv can spread from a person with active shingles and cause chickenpox in someone who had never had chickenpox or received chickenpox vaccine.
We had a person come into our er and we did not know that the person had shingles and needless to say because of staff working on many floors every floor.
Vzv spreads through direct contact with fluid from the rash blisters.
It was never painful but i could feel that it was there.
Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus the same virus that causes chickenpox.
It spread as it does along the nerve on the side of my neck and a bit onto my jaw and behind the ear.
According to the ny department of health the risk of spreading the virus is low if the rash is covered.
The varicella zoster virus is spread when someone comes into contact with an oozing blister.
