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Can Shingles Infection Be Transmitted To An Infant By The Mother?

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2015

Question: If one has symptoms of shingles for he last two days and was with a one week old infant 2 days prior to the a rash appearing; can this newborn contract it? I had no symptoms at time of contact with the infant.My email
address is YYYY@YYYY Thank you

Answered by Dr. Muhammad Hanif (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
No the newborn is safe as you had no sores (symptoms) then!!!

Detailed Answer:
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Thanks for consulting at my virtual clinic. I have carefully worked through your case, and I can realize your health worries. Being your physician, I assure you not to worry as I will take care all of your medical concerns.

You can't transmit shingles when you don't have the sores or the symptoms of it. You were with the new born when you were symptom free. So no issues and there is no harm done and no transmission of the disease to the baby.

If there were symptoms and then you had made the baby exposed to the sores, the baby may have contracted chicken pox then.

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