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Can adults catch shingles from a child that has chicken pox?

April 26, 2017adults catch chicken pox child Conditions diseases Health Shingles

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Can adults catch shingles from a child that has chicken pox?

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No. Shingles is a re-emergence of the chicken pox you had as a child. Some of the virus gets trapped in the ganglia of the spinal nerves, and occasionally, the virus re-erupts along the pathway of one of those nerves.