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Hey Eleanor, I'm a massage therapy student, just about to graduate, and everything that Bob has told you here is what is written in my pathology textbook. My father just had a case of Shingles (he's 83 but in fantastic health) and has ended up with a case of Intercostal Neuralgia as an after affect, very painful. Please do take care. Peace Pat P.S. I don't mean to imply that Bob's word needed me to back it up. He's a doctor, I'm just a student. Just wanted to add in my 2 cents worth. :O) "Robert A. Fink, M. D." wrote: > Date sent: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 17:27:48 EDT > Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> > From: Eleanor Noone <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Chicken Pox Virus > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Does anyone know whether or > > not the chicken pox virus affects older people even if they had it when > > they were children? > > The chicken pox virus (Varicella) can indeed be "re-activated" in an > older person who has had chickenpox as a child. In such patients, it > returns as "shingles" (Herpes zoster) which can be a very painful > condition affecting nerves. > > I would stay away from kids with contagious chickenpox. The > incubation period, BTW, is 14-21 days (you will come down with the > illness within that time after exposure). One is "contagious" while the > skin lesions are "wet" and for a few days *before* you "break out". > > Best, > > Bob > > ********************************************** > Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. > 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 > Berkeley, California 94704-2636 > Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 > WWW: http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/ > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > "Ex Tristitia Virtus" > > *********************************************