Shingles- know the facts

Jenn, it is very possible to miss the symptoms if it is a mild case. It would look like a few ant bites. He had chicken pox at some point in his life.

None of his siblings had it either. His mom is a nurse and I'm sure she would recognize chicken pox.

I had the chicken pox vaccine and STILL got chicken pox.

My nephew was vaccinated for chicken pox and he got shingles (not around the same time frame but still).

Booster shots are probably necessary. As I said earlier. I also said that the vaccine protects against the MOST COMMON strain of chicken pox.

except chicken pox is deadly in adults, where shingles is not. if u miss a vaccination then what? I'd rather my kid have 1 week of the itchies than a whole life of shots.

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus(chicken pox). It is also known as herpes zoster. But it is NOT related to the herpes viruses that cause cold sores or genital herpes.

Ummm i got vaccinated for cp as a child & got shingles at 19....

blonde, yes shingles is a herpes virus as is chicken pox. There are SO many strains of the herpes virus.

My brother had the CP vaccine and had both chicken pox and shingles.

Then your husband is a medical miracle. Like op said, he may have had a case of chicken pox that went without notice, but you cannot have one without the other. I'm not trying to be mean, but I know for a fact it is how it works.

Jenn. I really wish you would stop spreading false info!!! He had to have had an undiagnosed case of chicken pox as a child. That is a much more likely explanation than shingles appearing on him out of thin air!!! Do your research!!!

I thought shingles was the herpes virus???

Fyi, I checked my info at the mayo clinic website before I posted.

cass ..that's my husband and yes it did happen. Just because you don't think so doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Wow. I'm sorry Leslie. I would have picked you! I got shingles while I was nursing my baby. Putting him against me was the most excruciating pain I have ever felt! And I've gone through labor with 2 babies!

I teach human diseases ha ha I know my illnesses.

thank you! Someone tried to tell everyone their husband never had either and got shingles, not possible!!!

The whole virus attacked my eye! Been seeing an eye dic since 4. Lifetime regime of drops, ointments, steroids, and surgeries (cornea transplants).

I forgot to add in my other reply, I also had to wear a patch on my eye in school during elementary years and at home til I was 18. Yea, def got made fun of as a kid for that too. Kids are cruel. No one wants to pick the girl with an eye patch for their dodgeball team LOL

yes please watch for shingles i had severe chicken pocks at 10 months old...i had shingles recently now im pregnant shilgles is very painful...

You can get chicken pox as an adult if you have never had it before, but you can only get shingles if you have the chicken pox virus in your system. Not everyone that had chicken pox will get shingles, but it is more common in the elderly. My family gets it early for some reason. I had it at 31. My mom got shingles at 49 and my cousin at 20.

It's NOT possible to have shingles without chicken pox. Chances are your husband had a very mild case of chicken pox as a child that went undiagnosed. And the vaccine is relatively new, so they are now discovering that booster shots may be necessary. The vaccine given in childhood will not protect an adult today. Also, the vaccine is made for the most common strain of the virus. There are other much less common strains that wouldn't be covered by the vaccine. Anyone else...

Hmmm I was always taught if you didn't get the pox as a kid, you were prone to shingles as an adult.

You can imagine his surprise when he got shingles. He was always worried about getting chicken pox as an adult and he got shingles instead.

How do you explain my husband then? He had shingles but he's never had chicken pox or had the vaccine and he got shingles. It is unlikely but obviously possible.

They think he was exposed enough to have the immunity but not actually get the chicken pox. Otherwise the Drs don't have an answer.

lol. ok. I've been vacinated, had the chicken pox and had shingles as an adult. lol. so announcement alittle off.