Abstract
The name "herpes" derived from the greek word for crawling was first used by Hippokrates. Roman physician Plinius then developed a differentiation system for various kinds of sores, described their symptoms and proposed therapy using aloe vera.
The name zoster, from greek word for a belt or girdle, was first used by a Roman physician Celsus about hundred years later. It was likely supposed to depict the characteristic vesicular exanthema reminding a belt.
Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) usually in elderly patients. It is a rare disease in children and, if it appears, it happens usually in those, who are imunosuppressed.
The following case report describes herpes zoster with meningeal irritation in otherwise healthy child