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Can you get shingles from your daughter if you have already had shingles?

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Well, some people can get chicken pox again even though they had them as a kid. I guess the same goes for shingles.

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Strangely, if you have shingles you could pass on chicken pox to those who haven't ever had it. Shingles comes to those who have had chicken pox--often as a result of stress or other health event that drops immunity.

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