My uncle has shingles, if my son goes to visit him, is it dangerous for him to bring the "virus" home?

33-year-old woman4 years ago

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Alexandre Chagnon · 4 years ago

Hello Ma'am, there is indeed a risk of transmission of the virus (in the form of chickenpox if the person putting themselves at risk has never had chickenpox or in the form of shingles if that same person has had chickenpox), via;

direct contact with the affected person (contagious person as long as the lesions have not become crusted)
indirect contact, especially if Shingles is "disseminated", which is possible in immunosuppressed people or when staying 1 hour or more indoors.

For all these reasons, I suggest you wait ( or make sure) that the person is no longer contagious before going to visit.

I hope I have answered your question.

Maeva Di-Ré, Pharmacy Student

Supervised by Alexandre Chagnon, Pharmacist

33-year-old woman · 4 years ago

Merci! Super service 😍

Alexandre Chagnon · 4 years ago

It feels good :)

Alexander

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