Amathumba adalwa yigciwane le-varicella zoster, elisakazeka ikakhulukazi ngamathonsi emoyeni lapho umuntu othelelekile ekhwehlela noma ethimula, nangokuthintana okuqondile noketshezi lwamathumba. Ngemuva kokutheleleka kokuqala, igciwane lihlala emzimbeni impilo yonke futhi lingaphinde livuke njenge-shingles.
Amathumba avame kakhulu ezinganeni, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezinezixuku ezifana nezikhungo zokunakekela izingane nezikole. Ingozi ephakeme kakhulu yokugula okukhulu nezinkinga ikhona ezinganeni ezisencane, abantu abadala, abesifazane abakhulelwe abangenayo imizimba yokuzivikela, nabantu abanamasosha omzimba abuthakathaka.
Ezinganeni eziphilile, amathumba ngokuvamile aphathwa ekhaya ngokuphumula, uketshezi, izinciphisi zokushisa ezifana ne-paracetamol, nezindlela zokunciphisa ukukhathala ezifana nezinto ezithambisa isikhumba nama-antihistamines. Iziguli ezinobungozi obuphezulu (abesifazane abakhulelwe abangenayo imizimba yokuzivikela, abantu abadala, nabantu abanamasosha omzimba abuthakathaka) bangadinga imishanguzo yokulwa namagciwane njenge-acyclovir futhi kwesinye isikhathi ukunakekelwa esibhedlela. Gwema ukuklwebha, gcina izinzipho zifushane, futhi ungaze unikeze izingane ezinamathumba i-aspirin.