Last summer my then 13 year old son got them! He started telling me that he was having this horrible stabbing pains shooting all over his side! I had no idea what was wrong with him. Told him to take some motrin and see if that took the pain away. Then a few days later he started to get the "rash" It really looked like he had been in poison ivy or something and that is what I thought it was because we had gone on a hike the day before. But I showed it to my neighbors/friends and they said for sure it had to be shingles so I took him to the Dr. and sure enough it was and gave him some meds and it went away after about a week. I had no idea someone the age of 13 could get the shingles but apparently it doesn't matter. GL and I hope you feel better soon!
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