Amathumba abangelwa yintsholongwane ye-varicella zoster, esasazeka ikakhulu ngamaqhekeza omoya xa umntu osulelekileyo ekhohlela okanye ethimla, kunye nokunxibelelana ngqo nolwelo lwamathumba. Emva kosulelo lokuqala, intsholongwane ihlala emzimbeni ubomi bonke kwaye inokuphinda ivuke njenge-shingles.
Amathumba aqhelekileyo kubantwana, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezinezihlwele ezifana nezikhungo zokukhathalela abantwana nezikolo. Umngcipheko ophezulu wesifo esinzima kunye neengxaki usekubantwaneni abaselula, abantu abadala, abafazi abakhulelweyo abangenakho ukuzikhusela, kunye nabantu abanesistim yokuzikhusela ebuthathaka.
Kubantwana abaphilileyo, amathumba ahlala ephathwa ekhaya ngokuphumla, ulwelo, izinciphisi zomkhuhlane ezifana ne-paracetamol, kunye neendlela zokunciphisa ukurhawuzelela ezifana neelotion ezithomalalisayo kunye ne-antihistamines. Abaguli abaphantsi komngcipheko ophezulu (abafazi abakhulelweyo abangenakho ukuzikhusela, abantu abadala, kunye nabantu abanesistim yokuzikhusela ebuthathaka) banokufuna amayeza antsholongwane afana ne-acyclovir kwaye ngamanye amaxesha unyango lwezibhedlele. Gwema ukurhawuzelela, gcina iinzipho zimfutshane, kwaye ungaze unike abantwana abanesifo samathumba i-aspirin.