What could cause a 13-year-old to have shingles?

Answer 1

I'm not a doctor, but I have an opinion. I believe a light case of chicken pox in childhood and then an exposure to the virus that causes shingles, at 13 could cause a 13 year old to get it. believe this because I did not have chicken pox as a child, overheard a receptionist telling another receptionist, at my physician's office, that she didn't want to be at work because she had shingles, jotted it down in my date book and then had an adult case of chicken pox (one area of the outbreak was a little shingle-like). My exposure to this receptionist was handing her my ID and then passing money back and forth. Many years ago my mother had a visit with a great niece who had chicken pox and then came down with shingles. They visited and hugged. It seems too coincidental to me that one follows the other. Just don't let her scratch any of it. I have a little scar where I scratched one. Poor little thing. It will all go away soon.