shingles/pox and interviews

[wowzer]

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i've recently come down with a bad case of the shingles (chicken pox), and i have interviews scheduled in the near future. i am literally writhing in pain. my question is, can i call to reschedule and inform them of my condition?

 

[Thundrstorm]

I think you can call and cite health concerns w/o going into detail. How far away are you interviews?

 

[wowzer]

next thursday (JHU). fortunately im an undergrad there so anything travel-related is not affected

 

[tigress]

oh man, hope you feel better soon!

 

[ddmo]

FYI, shingles and chicken pox aren't the same thing, despite steming from the same virus.

 

[kalenakai]

FYI, shingles and chicken pox aren't the same thing, despite steming from the same virus.

That's what I thought too! Regardless, hope the OP feels better and can something arranged for an interview at a more appropriate time!

 

[efex101]

Herpes zoster (shingles) is what you have now...both herpes zoster and chicken pox are different diseases from the same virus VZV (varicella zoster virus). Good luck and take it easy.

 

[ddmo]

Herpes zoster (shingles) is what you have now...both herpes zoster and chicken pox are different diseases from the same virus VZV (varicella zoster virus). Good luck and take it easy.

It is possible for him/her to be experiencing varicella (CP) if they were never exposed or vaccinated.

 

[efex101]

true

 

[ddmo]

If you are an undergrad there, just call them and reschedule, they'll understand. Hang in there, and hope you feel better asap.

 

[shivalrous]

Kinda sucks that it took so long for you to get chicken pox....hope the itching subsides soon enough.

 

[tacrum43]

It is possible for him/her to be experiencing varicella (CP) if they were never exposed or vaccinated.

If you had chicken pox as a kid, as most of us did, then what actually happens is you just sort of beat the virus into submission, but it hides out in your long very long lived dendritic cells, and if you become immunocompromised, it reactivates into shingles. It can also just randomly reactivate I think.

Vaccination prevents Shingles, because you become immune to the virus without being exposed, so there is no virus hinding in your dendritic cells. Therefore, people who received the vaccine and never had chicken pox don't have to worry about shingles.