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Re: [RC] Horse Shingles? - Chris Paus

My son has shingles. I've read everything I can find
about it, and it's not contagious to other people...

chris
--- Ericka Nelson <love2ridenv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


while shingles, aka herpes zoster, are not as
contagious as herpes simplex, they are still
contagious and "a person lacking varicella immunity
can acquire chickenpox from a herpes zoster patient"
taken from Mosby's Medical Dictionary.
ericka
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Boogeyrider@xxxxxxx 
  To: love2ridenv@xxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [RC] Horse Shingles?


  Shingles are not contagious.  They are a "left
over" virus from chicken pox, of the herpes variety,
but they are not contagious.  Believe me, I  have
suffered with them for years and they are not
"spread" by contact.

  vicky in so cal




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"A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot

Chris and Star

BayRab Acres
http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

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Re: [RC] Horse Shingles?, Ericka Nelson