My grandma has shingles and asked me to scratch it. Was I wrong for saying no?

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I feel bad for saying no because now she's walking around all sad like, but what?! I would never ask someone to scratch my disease.

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Not wrong because it's contagious and deadly

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If you have had chicken pox in your life you can get the shingles and it's correct. It's on posters up in my doctors office and he told me even when I had shingles myself at the age of 14. You cannot catch it but you can get it if you've had the chicken pox!

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No, shingles are hell. I've had them 5 times in my 24 years and chicken pox 2 times. Hoping I don't get shingles anymore so I try to keep the distance if I know someone that has them. She shouldnt scratch them anyway.

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They are not quiet correct.  If you have never had chicken pox or the vaccine you can catch chicken pox from shingles.  BUT  if you have had chicken pox you cannot catch shingles.  Look it up.

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My grandma broke out in a shingles flare up when I first found out I was prego, my dr told me to keep my distance and DO NOT touch her rash/blisters bc new/open sores are contagious, and I'm already a high risk for shingles plus being prego.  Totally broke my heart bc I'm always the one to help her when it comes to this stuff!

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Not at all. It really is very contagious. My grandmas co-worker got it from her son and it somehow spread to her lungs and she died from it. I wouldn't touch it at all even if they were on meds for it.

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It's contagious and your not suppose to scratch it. I actually had it once when I was 20. It was the worst!

My grandma has shingles and asked me to scratch it. Was I wrong for saying no?

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