Childhood Diseases and Illnesses
Shingles(herpes zoster)
(Also see Chickenpox)
Description/Symptoms
- Caused by a virus.
- Painful localized patch of blisters which may appear in irregular crops along nerve pathways.
- Spread by direct contact with the fluid from the blisters.
- Not as infectious as chickenpox.
Instructions for Schools
- Does not need to be reported to Peel Public Health.
- May attend school but keep blisters covered until scabbed over.
- Promote thorough hand washing.
Notes
- Shingles is a reactivation of the chickenpox virus.
- A person who has never had chickenpox may get chickenpox from someone who has shingles.
- A person cannot get shingles from direct contact with someone who has chickenpox.
