B�rensprung is credited as being the first physician to demonstrate a definite link between herpes zoster and a lesion of the dorsal root ganglion.
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The pain-- known as post-herpetic neuralgia-- can last for years once the rash caused by the herpes zoster virus, as it is known, disappears.
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Princess Masako has kept a low profile since she was hospitalized for a few days in December for herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles.
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:: Where available Antiviral drugs are useful ( for herpes zoster ) but have a limited effect on post-herpetic neuralgia prevention .
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One disease that may be difficult to exclude in the differential diagnosis is involvement of the facial nerve in infections with the herpes zoster virus.
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Trigeminal pain can also occur after an attack of herpes zoster, and post-herpetic neuralgia has the same manifestations as in other parts of the body.
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Glaxo-Wellcome also distributes the blockbuster ulcer drug Zantac, and Valtrex, one of the first new treatments for herpes zoster, or shingles, to be approved in years.
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Regarding herpes zoster, the US Centers for Disease Control states : " Chickenpox vaccines contain weakened live VZV, which may cause latent ( dormant ) infection.
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The 62-year-old empress was hospitalized last week after being diagnosed with herpes zoster ( shingles ), a painful rash with blisters forming along the path of nerves.
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Shingles, also known as Herpes Zoster, gets its name from Latin and French words for belt, or girdle, and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions on the trunk.
