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Shingles symptoms in children

        Shingles symptoms in children: true or false?

       While it is true that shingles symptoms in children do not differ all that much from the classic shingles symptoms, the fact that they affect children makes them a bit easier to detect. Unfortunately, it also makes shingles symptoms in children more painful and harder to treat. For example, if your child present with one of the most classic shingles symptoms in children - a rash - imagine how hard it will be to convince the little one to not scratch it or to keep the cream on it and not spread it around.

       The shingles symptoms in children are not whole different type of shingles symptoms, but they do have their particularities. If your little one has not had chicken pox, you might be tempted to consider the shingles pustules as part of this natural childhood disease. Check to see if they have clear liquid in them. If they do, it is shingles. If they have a white, gelatinous substance in them, you can breathe easily: your child has chicken pox.