Everything you need to know about shingles in kids:
are less likely in general to get shingles at any point in their lives. For one thing, the vaccine works well but is not 100 percent effective, and occasionally a vaccinated kid can come down with the chicken pox, although it is usually a milder case. It’s
It’s more common for kids with immune systems that aren’t working well—for example a child who is going through chemotherapy or a child with rheumatoid arthritis taking medications that suppress the immune system—to develop shingles, says O’Leary.You don’t develop shingles without first having the chicken pox virus in your body, so it’s unlikely that a baby would get shingles.
Fortunately, shingles pain tends to be milder for kids than it is in adults. “The little spots themselves aren’t that painful,” says O’Leary, explaining that for adults, who can often experience intense pain from shingles, the pain comes from the virus affecting nerves in the body, not from the actual sores on the skin. However, for kids the sores may be itchy, he says. They scab over after a few days and should heal completely in two to four weeks.
O’Leary says that a non-steroid, over-the-counter product like calamine lotion can help soothe the skin if the sores are itchy. “In most cases, if the sores can be covered, it’s not considered contagious,” he says. “We recommend covering the sores with a dry, clean bandage.” Avoid contact with someone who has never had the chicken pox, especially babies and young children, pregnant women and the elderly.
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