Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN), develops after the resolution of the herpes zoster mucocutaneous eruption, is a debilitating chronic pain. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms associated with ascending and descending pain modulations in PHN patients. Here, we combined...
phase of shingles, especially IL-6 levels, may be closely related to the occurrence of hyperalgesia and PHN. Fukuyasu et al [16] found that the level of IL-10 in the serum of HZ patients was significantly increased and positively correlated with the duration of neuralgia and the degree of ...