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Re: 7 mths pregnant & exposed to shingles-- any risk for the baby?

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 23:41:01 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Christyb wrote: >
>I just found out that a coworker has shingles, and two of my other
>coworkers have never had chicken pox (they appear fine and are at work,
>whereas the girl with shingles has been out all week, but had symptoms
>when she was here last week). I have had chicken pox; is there any risk
>for me to develop shingles,

extremely low

or the baby to get chicken pox from this?

no >
>Thanks,
>Christy

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South Lake Tahoe, CA

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