How shingles develops

Animation to show how shingles develops.

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• shingles
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• redness
• children
• dermatome

[juanN4592]

So i have shingles on my right ass cheek ;D and another about 5 inches under it. i went to the doctor and gave me meds its only itchy and stings when i touch it, but i herd they are not curable you can only be contained. Does any one know if this is true? btw i got it from stress, but my paranoia tells me i got it from the public toilet at school XP

[xxlirvxx]

I'm 13 I've got shingles and I'm in really bad pain:(

[Runner954954954]

@nikkisacapilo I have them and Im only 16 D;

[DieToFleshNotSpirit]

@nikkisacapilo Mine are in blister mode and their popping it means their going away.

[nikkisacapilo]

thumbs up if you had/having shingles.

[nikkisacapilo]

@DieToFleshNotSpirit I'm also having shingles now :( im 18..

[DieToFleshNotSpirit]

I had chicken pox when I was just a baby. Now im 17 and got shingles

[ZombieOrigami]

Im only 11 and I got shingles this year. It is said to have shingles at a young age it means my immune systems low and was caused by stress. Why? because i have family problems. So i know how much it hurts. I had it on my chest. So it started to rise as scabs, blisters and then it popped into pus. It kept me up all night and i was crying. Im still healing but i bet i will have scars. Thank god its over.

[suzuki834]

@xilix if any one has shingles it will spread to you rather easily

[xilix]

Ugh... I hope I never get this. I never had chicken pox so I hope that lowers my risk.