Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that arises as a complication of acute herpes zoster (AHZ) infection. AHZ affects as many as one in three individuals in their lifetime and is characterized by a dermatomal rash. The pain associated with PHN develops in the same ...
Postherpetic neuralgia is thought to be caused by the damage or alteration of nerves that register pain, pressure, and other sensory nerves (for example, touch) that occur when the reactivated HZ virusestravel down nerves to the skin. This process first begins when the virus causeschickenpoxin a...
Postherpetic Neuralgia Treatment & ManagementUpdated: Apr 16, 2025 Author: W Alvin McElveen, MD; Chief Editor: Robert A Egan, MD more...Medical Care The goal of therapy for postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is to reduce morbidity through the use of antidepressants, anticonvulsants, anesthetics, ...
Getting postherpetic neuralgia is a shingles complication. It is caused by the chickenpox virus. This virus is calledherpes zoster. Most of the time when a person gets shingles it will clear up and go away within a few weeks but if there is pain that is long lasting after the blisters and...
Postherpetic neuralgia - Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention 1996, New England Journal of Medicine Oral acyclovir therapy accelerates pain resolution in patients with herpes zoster: A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials 1996, Clinical Infectious Diseases View all citing articles on ScopusView...
Pain relief of postherpetic neuralgia The shingles pain that lasts longer than six weeks, PHN, can display as a burning, throbbing and jabbing pain usually limited to the area when the shingles breakout occurred. Shingles pain is so uncomfortable that most people seek treatment to manage the sym...
A complete response to treatment (DN4 and NRS-11 = 0) at week 8 was higher in patients with acute neuralgia (63.2%) than PHN (31.6%). Rescue therapy gradually decreased in acute neuralgia patients from week 2 (57.9%) to week 8 (10.5%), with only two patients needing neuroleptics. ...
Postherpetic neuralgia often diminishes with time and is more likely to occur in elderly individuals. Pharmaceutical pain killers designed to treat postherpetic neuralgia are fraught with dangerous side-effects: fever, fatigue, lost concentration, swollen hands and feet, blurry vision, dry mouth, ...
Neurology for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia (2004) and general guidelines for the treatment of neuropathic pain issued by the Special Interest Group on Neuropathic Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain (2007) and the European Federation of Neurological Societies (2010)...
4.Clinic Study on Treatment of Acupuncture on Postherpetic Neuralgia;针刺治疗带状疱疹后遗神经痛的临床研究 5.Associated Factors Clinical Study of Postherpetic Neuralgia;带状疱疹后遗神经痛相关影响因素临床分析 6.The Study on Pathophysiologic Mechanism of Postherpetic Neuralgia;带状疱疹后遗神经痛的病理生理机制的...