By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

usually resulting in herpes zoster (also known as shingles), which is characterized by pain and rash restricted to 1–3 dermatomes. The NIH Shingles Prevention Study estimates that herpes zoster ...

Herpes zoster is an infectious disease caused by ... Spinal anesthesia to the 5th thoracic dermatome was achieved with Pontocaine, glucose and epinephrine. Immediately after operation the patient ...

The other common clinical manifestation of VZV infection is herpes zoster (shingles ... vesicular skin eruption involving one to three dermatomes. Skin vesicles may be painful or pruritic ...

Shingles differ from herpes simplex in that it affects a specific area of skin serviced by a nerve root, known as a dermatome. The outbreak occurs on only one side of the body, most commonly the chest ...

Cases #1–4 were monodermatomal and case #5 involved five dermatomes. All HZ events were mild/moderate in severity and resolved with antiviral treatment. HZ incidence was similar to that in patients ...

Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) right cheek. The active blisters lasted ...

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