There have been many serious complications known to occur from Shingles, such as Postherpetic neuralgia, vision loss, hearing problems, facial paralysis, encephalitis (swelling of the brain), bacterial skin infection, scars, or even death. The Department of Health at Rey Juan Carlos University found...
Introduction:Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a painful condition that persists for 1month or more after herpes zoster rash has healed. Radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RF-TC) provides analgesia by destroying the dorsal root ganglion and blocking the pain upload pathway; nonetheless, the concomitant ...
Postherpetic NeuralgiaIn older patients or those with a compromised immune system, this can occur after an attack of Shingles (caused by the herpes zoster virus). Postherpetic neuralgia is rare before the age of 50, but at least 50% of patients older than 60 years and almost 75% beyond age...
Cupping has been used in China for thousands of years.In the past,hollow sections of cattle horns, or bamboo boiled in water, were applied and suctioned on an individual’s back to draw out pus from boils. Over time, people discovered that the treatment was also helpful in treating other ...
When an Ounce of Prevention Is the Cure for Chronic Neuropathic Pain For many chronic or neuropathic pain conditions, the causes are obscure and treatments equally elusive. That is not the case for shingles and its sequelae, postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). The advent of a vaccine to prevent shing...