 [ Symptoms ] is it likelypossible for me to have pulmonary hypertension given the triggers symptoms and diagnosis [ Disease ] shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox shingles itself is not contagious what i mean is you cannot get shingles from someone else who has shingles shingles is contagious from the standpoint that you can get chickenpox from direct exposure to shingles blisters in other words if a person has never had chickenpox and has not been vaccinated against chickenpox that person can get chickenpox if they come in contact with shingles blisters however if you have had chickenpox or shingles you cannot get shingles from coming in contact with someone who is having an active outbreak of shingles a shingles outbreak is triggered from within your own body it is not caused by contact with someone else so to answer your question you do not need to avoid contact with your dad you also should be aware that you can get the shingles vaccination if you are over age 50 even if you have had an outbreak of shingles in the past i hope this helps i know a man who told me his wife died from shingles i think he is a carrier even though he does not have the symptoms because after cleaning his house for him and spending a few hours talking with him and using his dishes i developed a single shingle on my hand and two on the top of my upper lip now i have never had herpes or fever blisters or cold sores ever my family members were afflicted but i never was infected i freaked out and treated the sores with a variety of things to get it to go away before it spread i used colloidal silver for one both topically and orally i used a baking soda paste i used essential oils oregano and peppermint i finally also used organic apple cider vinegar and the one on my hand has disappeared the ones on the lip were gone in four days the one on my hand had lasted two weeks i think you can catch it from someone my husband had it when i was pregnant with my son in 1984 and i never got it i have had chickenpox a mild case when i was a little one i think this is a nervous reaction in the body to stressors that one has not release from you can die from it it seems more serious to me than they make it out to be and it some cases it is contagious