Question

Chicken pox precautions for family members

Answer 1

The infection is spread when the person sneezes or coughs, or when someone touches the fluid in the blisters. It can also be spread by touching something that has touched the fluid from the blisters (e.g. a dressing which covered the sore).Chickenpox can be caught from the fluid in the blisters of someone with shingles, though this is rare.The person with chickenpox is contagious from the beginning of the illness (up to two days before the spots appear) until about five days after the first spots appear. So long as there are no new blisters or moist crusts on spots, the person will not be contagious even if there are still crusts on the skin.Chickenpox is very contagious (easy to catch). Over 90% of close contacts (such as other family members) will get chickenpox if they have not already had it or not been immunized.