Mother has Shingles-Help
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My mother who is in her 50's was recently diagnosed with shingles. she has it around her scalp area, on her forehead and around her eye.
She did go to the DR and got on antibiotics. But her bumps have not fully gone away yet. I have a 4 mo old and was advised by my pediatrician to avoid contact with her until it's fully cleared.
My concern is me and my husband are in the process of selling my car to his sister who's out of state. She is coming down in September and I will need to see my dad directly to work on the details of this at the DMV. We are potentially going to see each other sometime next week...I want to make sure there will be no risk for me to be directly in contact with my dad. He has shown no symptoms of a rash or anything but I was reading that in rare cases there can be internal shingles without a rash? He has been to the DR last week because he had random dizzy spells at work, was nauseous, had a headache, etc. His blood work was good and he's now being referred to a cardiologist as his DR was worried about low pulse. And he's getting a covid test to rule that out. Last I heard he still has been experiencing a headache that just won't go away. I doubt he has a case of internal shingles but it does slightly worry me since he lives with my mom and he has not limited his contact with her.
I know I'm probably being extra paranoid (first time mom) but I just do not want to potentially expose myself to chickenpox, while I have been vaccinated for chickenpox as a kid I'm still nervous. Is there any possible way being around my dad I could get exposed to chickenpox?
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