20 years ago my husband and i both got shingles at the same time i was 36 and he was 56. we had just moved out of an apartment complex where there was at least 10 cases of chicken pox with the little kids. i had chicken pox as a child but my husband said he did not. when we asked the dr. he said it is not contagious that when my husband was little he probably had a minor case and no one knew. i asked how that could happen. my doc says when one person gets chicken pox the next person to get can be so minor they only get 1 or 2 chicken pox and go on never knowing they had it or the virus
how is shingles contagious. when i saw my doctor about a small bump on my arm she said i had the shingles virus. i did not have a rash anywhere on my body. i never had chicken pox but did have measles as a child. i searched the web for an answer but they were confusing. one person said that shingles is contagious and another says that its not. i got a blood test and she said i had the virus. my question is if it is contagious how was it transmitted to me. she said i was exposed who had chicken pox when i was child. help.