it is not likely that your grand-daughter has shingles on both of her hands. shingles follows a nerve pathway and occurs just on one side of the body like the face chest or back. shingles is caused by the herpes virus the same virus that causes fever blisters (cold sores) and chicken pox. shingles does not occur on both hands so that blister-like rash needs to be properly diagnosed. it could be a form of eczema impetigo hand-foot-mouth disease or any number of skin conditions that can occur on the hands. check the bottoms of her feet and inside her mouth. if you see similar lesions it may be hand foot and mouth disease. a search of webmd will provide you with more information on this curious childhood illness. remember that just exposure to an infectious disease (yes shingles is contagious) does not necessarily mean the exposed person will get it.
so are shingles contagious? my grandaughter has blister like rash on her hands. and was exposed to them. she's 3yrs old