Don't quote me on this but i don't think shingles is contagious. I also believe its caused by the same virus as chicken pox (which is one of those viruses that never actually leave your body) so i believe you have to have had chicken pox at one time in order to get shingles. I also think sometimes the rash part is difficult to see. I have also heard that shingles most always start during a period of high stress, but they aren't sure why ? Nor are they sure why shingles manifests itself so differently than chicken pox when its the exact same virus.
All of the above is just stuff i've heard over the years from friends that have had it and such, so don't base any treatment on what i say. I'd feel really crappy thinking i was responsable for your demise !!! lolol
MEDIK SAID:
<<See. . .that's what happens when you get old. you look. . .you stare. . . you become so fixated on anatomical parts you can't see the forest for the trees.>>
I hear ya Medik, i think i told her almost the same thing awhile back
The small of a womans back ... one of God's little gifts to man
CHUCK88 SAID:
<<I am a battery man from NJ>>
If you mean veh batteries chuck, i've had two friends that did that for a living and both had to quit because of disk problems ... to much stooping with to much weight for to long a time i'd imagine !!