features of which include peripheral facial weakness and rash around the ear (zoster oticus). In many herpes zoster patients over the age of 60 years, pain—so-called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN ...

Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010;9(3s):21-26. While there is still no standard definition for PHN, for the purposes of this review it is defined as: clinically significant pain or painful abnormal ...

You may also develop a blistering rash that can itch, burn, or hurt. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, occurs when the dormant chickenpox virus (varicella zoster) is reactivated in your nerve ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About shingles (herpes zoster). American Academy of Dermatology Association. Psoriasis: Overview. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

Shingles without a rash is called zoster sine herpete (ZSH) or internal shingles. This type of shingles is rare since most people with shingles develop a telltale rash on one side of their body. ZSH ...

1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil 2 ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP, New York, NY, United States ...