Chicken Pox/ Shingles

You can catch chicken pox more than once- unlikely but possible. You can catch shingles if you’ve had chicken pox or not… you can pay privately for a chicken pox vaccine from Boots or Superdrug if you want to- it does lower your chances of catching shingles and chicken pox later in life

You can catch chickenpox more than once (my son has had ot 3 times, 1st time was covered then got milder each time after that)
You can't get Shingles unless you've had chickenpox as Shingles is part of the chickenpox virus family. Those who say they've never had chickenpox but had Shingles most likely were asymptomatic when they had chickenpox (My 11 Yr old is immune to chickenpox but has never had an outward visible infection)
Being exposed to the chickenpox virus from infected people in later life gives a natural booster to the protection against Shingles which is why those who stay isolated (think care homes) get a rise in Shingles infections
I've had both, I still have the spots on my back from Shingles as they never fully fade as they cause scaring and nerve damage (mine tingle when I'm run down )

So my lg has got chicken pox. I had it as a child. Am I likely to catch anything from her cos she's literally all over me!?

you could potentially catch it from her, but there’s not much you can do about it

I never heard of this only shingles as commercials used to play if u had chickenpox more than likely to get shingles at likes 60/70s
Other than that I figured chickenpox is for a school illness an can catch as many times but I thought they had a vaccine for it

there is a vaccine for chickenpox but in the uk it’s not part of the immunisations program… we’re one of the only ‘western’ countries to not routinely give it

You can't catch shingles, it's the reactivation of the chicken pox virus. So only people who have had chicken pox can get shingles. I had shingles when I was 19 (stress response to uni exams)

If someone hasn't had chicken pox before they can be infected by someone who has chicken pox and can also catch chicken pox from someone who has shingles.

You can get chicken pox more than once (although not common) I've had it twice but was much milder the second time. X

Yes and I trust my NHS Dr too