| The most common chronic complication of herpes zoster is postherpetic neuralgia. |
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| Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus, and the main symptoms are a high fever and itchy red spots that blister and develop a crust. |
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| Unlike varicella, herpes zoster is a sporadic disease with an estimated lifetime incidence of 10 to 20 percent. |
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| Topical corticosteroids are often recommended in addition to oral antiviral agents to help reduce the pain and inflammation of herpes zoster. |
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| Infection with herpes zoster caused by a reactivation of varicella virus dormant in dorsal root ganglia is also common in older adults. |
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| If you've ever had chicken pox, you may suffer from shingles or herpes zoster. |
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| The characteristic vesicular rash of herpes zoster usually affects a single dermatome and rarely crosses the midline. |
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| Later the virus, now known as the varicella zoster virus, was identified and isolated, and the researcher responsible received a Nobel prize. |
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| Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus from a dorsal root ganglion to a cutaneous nerve and the adjacent skin. |
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| The study shows that the clinical course of herpes zoster is relatively benign and that postherpetic neuralgia rarely affects daily life. |
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| Pain is the most debilitating feature of herpes zoster, and postherpetic neuralgia is the most common long-term complication. |
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| Herpes zoster, commonly called shingles, means a girdle in the old sense of a belt. |
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| The medical name for chickenpox is varicella zoster and for shingles it is herpes zoster. |
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| Herpes zoster ophthalmicus occurs when reactivation of the latent virus in the trigeminal ganglia involves the ophthalmic division of the nerve. |
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| Herpes zoster results from reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus infection. |
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| We report a case in which cutaneous metastases from a melanoma imitated herpes zoster. |
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| Patients were monitored for adverse reactions to vaccine, exposure to varicella, dermatomal zoster, and chickenpox. |
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| Viral meningitis may be caused by viruses such as coxsackie, herpes simplex, mumps, the varicella zoster virus of chickenpox and shingles, poliovirus, echoviruses. |
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| Future research may indicate that patients with severe post auricular pain, dense palsy, or herpes zoster virus do better with higher dose antiviral therapy from the outset. |
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| Severe cases of zoster disease prevalently occur in case of immunodeficiency. |
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| During the prodromal phase, herpes zoster may be misdiagnosed as cardiac disease, pleurisy, a herniated nucleus pulposus or various gastrointestinal or gynecologic disorders. |
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| Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is defined as herpes zoster involvement of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. |
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| Herpes zoster ophthalmicus designates a localisation of herpes zoster with eye's involvement. |
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| Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that reason chickenpox. |
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| Seven of 8 documented episodes of herpes zoster occurred during the month following treatment. |
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| The rash, which turned out to be shingles, or herpes zoster, was hardly noticeable. |
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| Anterior uveitis, which is diagnosed by slit lamp examination, refers to inflammation of the iris and ciliary body and occurs frequently with herpes zoster ophthalmicus. |
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| Based on these studies, dosage adjustments are recommended in Table 5 for genital herpes and herpes zoster indications. |
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| Valtrex is an antiviral drug used to treat herpes zoster, genital herpes, and herpes cold sores on the face and lips. |
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| Even after chicken pox blisters heal, the varicella zoster virus stays in the body for life. |
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| Initial differential diagnoses included herpes zoster and systemic lupus erythematosis, but it became clear that this was photosensitivity induced by oral doxycycline. |
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| Psychiatric disorders, motion sickness, serous otitis media, cerumen impaction, herpes zoster, and seizure disorders also can present with dizziness. |
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| Primary varicella infection can often be prevented or at least limited by administration of the varicella vaccine within 72 hours of exposure to chickenpox or herpes zoster. |
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| Final determination of zoster cases was made by PCR, local culture, or the decision of the clinical evaluation committee, in that order. |
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| Herpes zoster is caused as the chickenpox virus, that infects a person in childhood, reactivates. |
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| Tissue culture was negative and the histopathology was in keeping with varicella zoster infection. |
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| Herpes zoster is a common neurocutaneous disease resulting from reactivation of dormant varicella-zoster virus in sensory ganglions. |
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| Exfoliative dermatitis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, pemphigus, herpes zoster, erythema multiforme, urticaria, pruritus, alopecia, flushing, diaphoresis, photosensitivity. |
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| Untreated ophthalmic herpes zoster can lead to vision loss. |
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| A history of significant trauma, cervical arthritis, prior herniated disk or herpes zoster infection, along with typical neuralgic pain and sensory disturbances, should suggest a neuropathic process. |
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| Analysis of a small number of clinical isolates from patients who received oral acyclovir or placebo for acute herpes zoster suggests that in vivo emergence of resistant varicella zoster virus may occur infrequently. |
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| While he was in hospital, he developed a herpes zoster infection. |
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| She then noted on the group's page that she was looking for another infected child in the area, or an adult with shingles, which is caused by the same virus, varicella zoster. |
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| The most common presentations in South African children include BCG adenitis, TB and herpes zoster. |
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| Varicella zoster virus is another of eight herpes viruses known to infect humans. |
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| The rash entails a reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus that lies dormant in cranial or sensory nerve ganglia. |
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| The infection is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which also causes shingles. |
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| A population-based study of the incidence and complication rates of herpes zoster before zoster vaccine introduction. |
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| Herpes zoster can easily be diagnosed when it manifests with only a dermatomal rash. |
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| Five cases of granuloma annulare occurring at the site of prior herpes zoster were identified between 2006 and 2011 and included in this study. |
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| Polymorphism of the IL-10 gene is associated with susceptibility to herpes zoster. |
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| Herpes zoster ophthalmicus natural history, risk factors, clinical presentation, and morbidity. |
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| Martin del Pozo M, Benito-Leon J, Rodriguez J, Molina JA, Diaz-Guzman J, Bermejo FP Uncommon neurologic complications related to varicella zoster virus. |
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| Immunohistochemical stain results for herpes simplex virus 1, herpes simplex virus 2, and varicella zoster virus, when performed, were reported as negative. |
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| Among these sequelae are postherpetic neuralgia, ophthalmic zoster, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, bacterial superinfection, scarring, meningoencephalitis, pneumonitis, and hepatitis. |
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| Central nervous system complications which have been reported to be related to zona zoster infection include myelitis, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis and ventriculitis. |
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| Herpes zoster brachial plexopathy with predominant radial nerve palsy. |
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