So glad you are aware of shingles and what it feels like. It does indeed sound like the first symptoms of a shingles rash. If her pain doesn't go away overnight, you might think about calling her doctor in the morning.
While there's no cure for shingles, doctors can treat it and probably give it a shorter duration and perhaps less pain. If they diagnose her as having shingles, antiviral medicine and/or steroid medicines could help her get well sooner. And they may be able to give her pain medicine or a cream to help her feel better.
Here is a Children's Hospital site on pediatric shingles:
And this New York Times article does discuss the chickenpox vaccine and the likelihood of getting shingles later. So far, it seems that the data is too young to know for sure. But there's some interesting information here:
One study reports that only 5% of cases of shingles develops in children under age 15. Let's hope your daughter isn't one of them. Please come back and let us know what you learn.
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So glad you are aware of shingles and what it feels like. It does indeed sound like the first symptoms of a shingles rash. If her pain doesn't go away overnight, you might think about calling her doctor in the morning.
While there's no cure for shingles, doctors can treat it and probably give it a shorter duration and perhaps less pain. If they diagnose her as having shingles, antiviral medicine and/or steroid medicines could help her get well sooner. And they may be able to give her pain medicine or a cream to help her feel better.
Here is a Children's Hospital site on pediatric shingles:
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_shingles_hhg.htm
And this New York Times article does discuss the chickenpox vaccine and the likelihood of getting shingles later. So far, it seems that the data is too young to know for sure. But there's some interesting information here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/health/03vaccine.html
One study reports that only 5% of cases of shingles develops in children under age 15. Let's hope your daughter isn't one of them. Please come back and let us know what you learn.
October 21, 2008 - 5:14pmThis Comment
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