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I have just been diognised with shingles and prescribed ...
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I have just been diognised with shingles and prescribed Aciclovir 800mg tables. Currently in my office ther are three pregnant women - will it be safe to return to work when I feel better as obviously I do not wish to cause any problems to their pregnancy

 

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January 15 7:37 AM (9 minutes and 48 seconds later)
         
As the rash is on my back, under arm and chest and not obviously exposed to anyone, does tht reduce the risk
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January 15 8:20 AM (42 minutes and 21 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

Actually the chance of getting an infection from another person who has shingles is very less because it requires direct contact from the shingle lesion to get the virus though there are few incidences of indirect contact transmision. Unlike the chickenpox, the virus in shingles are not found in the respiratory tract therefore airborne transmission is most unlikely.

As your rash is on your back and not exposed to anyone, the chance of transmission is very very less, but of course we cannot definitely exclude the possibility. Therefore the odds of those pregnant women catching the infection is very very low but again there is a very thin thread of possibility.

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