Rash in Children

Your child does not have clear fluid-filled blisters that are grouped together and painful. That describes shingles, a rash caused by a return of the chickenpox virus.

When you look at your child's rash, do you see pus-filled blisters, or a bumpy red rash that's covered by a honey-colored crust?

Yes, my child has pus-filled blisters or a honey-crusted rash.

No, my child does not have pus-filled blisters or a honey-crust.

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Online Medical Reviewer: LeWine, Howard MD Date Last Reviewed: 5/22/2006 Date Last Modified: 5/15/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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