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Posted On : 16 Jul 2008

Today I have come across a girl of 8 years who has absolutely painless lesions of herpes zoster on the left side of the neck. She did not have any lesion in th external ear canal. On very careful examination very sublte signs of Left Bell's Palsy were observed. 1. How common is this condition in this age group? 2.Is Herpes Zoster in children is always due to HIV disease?

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DONALD BASH-TAQI

shingles but a variant of ramsy-hunt syndrome
an uncommon condition in children
not at all,only if episodes recurr

16 years ago

Sandeep Verma

not very common

16 years ago

sanjay wazir

About 2 Percent of cases
No

16 years ago

Dr.Shripad Jahagirdar

1.because of bells palsy at that point part of trigeminal may be affected so leasions may be painless
2though herpis zoster at this age is associated with hiv but this is noy always true

16 years ago

ali zalat

1- rare
2- no

16 years ago

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