Signs of shingles in children

Neurological zona is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox called Varicella. Failure to detect and properly treat the disease can cause many dangerous complications in children.

1. Signs of shingles in children

After the child has chickenpox, the Varicella zoster virus does not completely lose but still exists in the child's body, they dwell in the sensory nerves in a state of restful sleep. When your child is stressed, tired, immuno-impaired, or is treating the disease with radiation,… the virus can reactivte and cause Shingles (also known as creeping disease or neurological shingles).

Shingles usually last 2-4 weeks and are highly contagious. The disease can be transmitted from people who are infected with shingles to people who have never had chickenpox before, instead of shingles, these people will get chickenpox. And once chickenpox is infected, the person is at risk of shingles several times in their life.

2. Manifestations of neurological shingles

The manifestations of shingles in children are varied, depending on which nerves are affected.

2.1 General symptoms

The skin feels stretched, burned, itchy, sore or throbbing. Then 1-3 days, pink blisters appear growing in bunches at the site of sore skin. These blisters usually appear only on the side of the body as one side of the back, chest or half of the face, very rarely appearing on both sides. These blisters grow enlarged into pus-filled herpes, which burst and scale for 10-12 days. After 2-3 weeks, the scales will dry out, fall off and leave scars. During shingles, the child will have symptoms such as fever, headache, itching, soreness, fatigue.

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When shingles, on the surface of the child's skin will appear blisters, itching and throbbing pain

2.2 Common zona locations

Common zona positions on the child's face are: ears, eyes, mouth

  • Zona nerve in the ear: From the skin of the ear with burning pain gradually appears blisters scattered on the ear cover, ear canal door. The ears are severely painful, burning sensations like burns, discomfort spreads along the outer ear canal, the skin before the ears and behind the ears. Not only affects the function of hearing, sometimes the pain from the ears spreads down the mouth, throat, tongue makes it difficult for the person to eat.
  • Neurological zona in the mouth: Small oval or circular blisters, which grow scattered or into strips running along the upper or lower lip border, causing itching and burning pain in the lips. Not only causes many inconveniences in daily life but also greatly affects the aesthetics of the face.
  • Zona nerves in children's eyes: Blisters appear scattered or into ambient bands on the eyes, eyelids, forehead, nose. These blisters may appear simultaneously or weeks after the skin herpes disappears. Some children only have symptoms in the eyes with painful, unpleasant symptoms without full-body blisters. Children experience eye strain, burning-type eye pain or sharp pain, blurred vision, when the disease develops severely, the eyes may be paralyzed, conjunctivitis, cornea, permanent blindness.

2. What to do when signs of shingles are detected in children?

Zona is a rare disease in children, many cases of skin infections in children are mistaken for shingles. However, because of the dangerous complications of the disease, especially on the eyes, parents should not be subjective. When the child is suspected to be presenting with zona, parents need to quickly take the child to medical facilities for treatment.

  • Antiviral drugs in the treatment of shingles will have a good effect when used early. Paracetamol or ibuprofen analgesic will help the child relieve pain, anti-inflammatory. In addition, some topical drugs can be used to relieve itching, relieve local pain, accelerate the recovery of the skin.
  • During the time when the child has zona, parents should strengthen nutrition, a diet rich in fresh vegetables and fruits to increase the resistance of the child, keep the child clean, give the child a lot of rest to quickly recover.
  • When sick with shingles, try to avoid close contact with anyone, which is especially important in the infectious stage, when the person has blisters on the skin. It is absolutely not recommended to scratch hard, causing the wound to spread to other locations.
  • Patients should preserve and avoid scratches at the spot of the rash. Wash your hands after touching the rash.

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