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Herpes Zoster


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Alternate Names : Shingles

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Herpes Zoster Complications

Post herpetic neuralgia
Secondary bacterial skin infections
Recurrence (rare)
Generalized infection, organ (visceral) lesions, encephalitis or sepsis (in immunosuppressed persons)
Blindness (if lesions occur in the eye)
Deafness
Loss of taste
Facial paralysis

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• Encephalitis
• Herpes Simplex
• HIV Infection
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Immunodeficiency Disorders
• Neuralgias
• Ptosis
• Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
• Sepsis

Tests & Exams

• CBC
• Tzanck Test
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Other Topics

• Abdominal Pain
• Acute
• Blindness
• Eyelid Drooping
• Facial Paralysis
• Fever
• Genital Sores - Female
• Hearing Loss
• Immune Response
• Itching
• Joint Pain
• Numbness and Tingling
• Pain Medications
• Patches
• Rashes
• Skin Blushing/Flushing
• Swollen Glands
• Symptomatic
• Taste - Impaired
• Ulcers
• Vesicles
• Vision Problems

Review Date : 6/5/2002
Reviewed By : Donna R. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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