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How To Find Out Whether I Am A Carrier Of Chicken Pox Or Not?
Hi, I have been with my niece this weekend who has chicken pox - I had them as a child so I am ok. However, a work colleague is pregnant and I have been told that I cannot go back into work until I find out if I am a carrier or not? How do I find this out?
Fri, 26 Dec 2014
If you have had chickenpox in the past, you are immune. You cannot be a carrier. If the chickenpox virus came into your body, your immune system would eliminate it. It would not survive in your body to be passed on to anybody else. There are blood tests to see if you are immune but I have not heard of any tests to see if you are a carrier. Hope this helps.
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