HERPES ZOSTER

infection of a ganglion (nerve center) with severe pain and a blisterlike eruption in the area of the nerve distribution, a condition called shingles. The causative organism is varicella zoster, a common, filtrable virus that is also known to cause chicken pox. Herpes zoster usually affects persons past middle life. It most often involves the area of the upper abdomen and lower chest, but may appear along other nerve pathways including that leading to the eye; serious ocular complications can lead to blindness. Although there is no specific treatment for the disease, it is generally nonrecurrent. Aspirin and other analgesics are used to relieve pain, although there is often residual neuralgic pain which is more difficult to control.

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books on: Herpes Zoster  - 113 results

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1.
Understanding Herpes
Book by Lawrence R. Stanberry; University Press of Mississippi, 2006
Subjects: Herpes Genitalis, Herpes Simplex
...Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 Genital herpes Herpes labialis-fever blisters or cold sores Gingivostomatitis...Encephalitis-infection of the brain Neonatal herpes-infection of the newborn Varicella-zoster virus Varicella-chicken pox Zoster-shingles...
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Handbook of Pain Syndromes: Biopsychosocial Perspectives
Book by Andrew R. Block, Edwin F. Kremer, Ephrem Fernandez; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999
Subjects: Chronic Pain--Psychological Aspects, Chronic Pain--Social Aspects
...the treatment of uncomplicated herpes zoster in immunocompetent patients...The outcome of patients with herpes zoster". AMA Archives of Dermatology...R. 1995 . "The incidence of herpes zoster". Archives of Internal Medicine...
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Neurology and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Book; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Aids (Disease)--Complications, Aids Dementia Complex, Nervous System--Infections
...radiculopathy CSF CMV DNA almost always positive Herpes zoster Yes No CSF VZV DNA or antibody may be positive Herpes...of myelopa- thy in HIV disease, namely, CMV, herpes zoster, herpes simplex, toxoplasmosis, and lymphoma. CMV myelopathy...
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The Woman Who Lost Her Skin: (And Other Dermatological Tales)
Book by Robert A. Norman; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Dermatology, Skin--Anecdotes, Skin--Diseases, Skin--Miscellanea, Skin--Pathophysiology
...several of the young workers "come down with chickenpox" after caring for patients with zoster. So, what is herpes zoster? Herpes zoster, also known as "shingles" or "zoster," is brought on by a single member of the herpes virus family...
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Nurses' Work: The Sacred and the Profane
Book by Zane Robinson Wolf; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988
Subjects: Nursing--Social Aspects, Ritualization
...fearful of contamination from the herpes zoster lesions of the patient. The few...to and refusal to care for this herpes zoster patient was based on fear. The...her connection or equation of herpes zoster virus with herpes simplex virus...
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journal articles on: Herpes Zoster  - 23 results

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Estimating the Number Needed to Vaccinate to Prevent Herpes Zoster-related Disease, Health Care Resource Use and Mortality
Journal article by Marc Brisson Phd.; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 99, 2008
Subjects: Clinical trials, Confidence intervals, Data bases, Disease control, Estimates, Health facilities, Herpes viruses, Industrialized nations, Influenza, Mortality, Sensitivity analysis, Vaccines
...Needed to Vaccinate to Prevent Herpes Zoster-related Disease, Health Care...Mortality by Marc Brisson Phd Herpes zoster (shingles) is characterized...occurs after the resolution of the herpes zoster rash. PHN lasts, on average...
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Health Disparities in Chickenpox or Shingles in Alberta?
Journal article by M. L. Russell, D. P. Schopflocher, L. W. Svenson; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 99, 2008
Subjects: Chickenpox Vaccine, Data analysis, Disease, Family physicians, Government subsidies, Health care, Health services, Herpes Zoster Vaccine, Insurance premiums, Medical research, Personal health, Social services
...Region, August 8, 2006). We explore for evidence of disparities in the occurrence of varicella (chickenpox) and varicella zoster (shingles) in Alberta, using administrative data from Albertas universal, publicly funded health care insurance system for...
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Marginal Structural Models to Estimate the Joint Causal Effect of Nonrandomized Treatments
Journal article by Miguel A. Hernan, Babette Brumback, James M. Robins; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 96, 2001
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)--Care and treatment, AIDS patients--Statistics, Anti-HIV agents--Usage, Failure time data analysis--Usage, Gay men--Health aspects, HIV infection--Drug therapy, HIV infections--Drug therapy, Immunology, Mathematical models--Usage, Medicine, Pneumocystis carinii--Drug therapy, Sexually transmitted disease research, Statistics (Data)--Research, Statistics (Mathematics), Statistics--Research, Viral research, Zidovudine--Evaluation
...symptoms: fever, diarrhea, herpes zoster, thrush, oral leukoplakia...Thrush Oral leukoplakia Weight loss Herpes zoster Diarrhea Fever Weighted model...383 Weight loss .641 .220 Herpes zoster .089 .294 Diarrhea .469 .305...
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Effects on the Immune System Associated with Living near a Pesticide Dump Site
Journal article by Marilyn F. Vine, Leonard Stein, Kristen Weigle, Jane Schroeder, Darrah Degnan, Chiu-Kit J. Tse, Carol Hanchette, Lorraine Backer; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...occurrence of self-reported herpes zoster and other more common infectious...2- to 3-fold higher risk of herpes zoster than residents of the comparison...2- to 3-fold higher risk of herpes zoster (which we used as an indicator...
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Virus Paleontology, Disease, and Evolution: an Introduction1
Journal article by Edwin D. Kilbourne; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 148, 2004
...aware that some viruses, like the herpes simplex virus of fever blisters...reactivations of the childhood chicken pox (herpes zoster) virus in later life as "shingles...said by those infected with genital herpes simplex that "herpes is forever...
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Herpes Infections Can Be Tamed
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, February 2002
Subjects: Acetaminophen--Drug therapy, Chickenpox--Complications, Genital herpes--Diagnosis, Herpes genitalis--Diagnosis, Herpes simplex virus--Care and treatment, Herpes zoster--Diagnosis, Ibuprofen--Drug therapy, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)--Research, Shingles (Disease)--Diagnosis
...infection of the fingertip, is caused by touching herpes sores. Antiviral medications are given to prevent...shorten the duration of the infection. Shingles (herpes zoster). The herpes virus that causes chicken pox can lead to shingles...
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Herpes; Drug Eases Symptoms, but Still No Cure
Magazine article by Bill Rados; FDA Consumer, Vol. 19, April 1985
Subjects: Acyclovir--Laws, regulations and rules, Genital herpes--Care and treatment, Herpes genitalis--Care and treatment, Herpesvirus diseases--Case studies, Herpesvirus infections--Case studies, Sexually transmitted diseases--Care and treatment
...other symptoms. Both types of herpes simplex viruses are members of a larger family of herpes-viruses that cause several...identified. Besides the two herpes simplex viruses, they are: varicella zoster virus, which causes chicken...
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SHINGLES: An Unwelcome Encore
Magazine article by Evelyn Zamula; FDA Consumer, Vol. 35, May 2001
Subjects: Herpes zoster--Complications, Neuralgia--Risk factors, Shingles (Disease)--Complications
...chickenpox, shingles (also called herpes zoster) most commonly occurs in older...cause cold sores and genital herpes), the varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox...youth can develop shingles (herpes zoster) in later years. During an...
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Shingles: Painful Ghost of Chicken Pox
Magazine article by Louise Fenner; FDA Consumer, Vol. 18, December 1984
Subjects: Chickenpox--Physiological aspects, Geriatrics--Research, Herpes zoster--Causes of, Shingles (Disease)--Causes of, United States. National Institutes of Health--Research
...virus that causes both chicken pox and shingles is called varicella zoster virus, or VZV. (Chicken pox is medically known as herpes varicella, while shingles is called herpes zoster.) VZV is part of a family of five herpesviruses that cause a...
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Shingles - or Chickenpox, Part Two
Magazine article by Ken Flieger; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, July 1991
Subjects: Acyclovir--Health aspects, Capsaicin--Health aspects, Herpes zoster, Shingles (Disease), Varicella-zoster virus--Physiological aspects
...most unwelcome guests--the varicella-zoster virus (VZV)--and with it a formidable...central nervous system, known formally as Herpes zoster. (The medical name for chickenpox is Herpes varicella, hence the V-Z virus or VZV...
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newspaper articles on: Herpes Zoster  - 28 results

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Cloudy Vision May Be Fuchs' Dystrophy
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 25, 2010
...nasal decongestants, antidepressants and tranquilizers; herpes zoster (shingles) produced by the varicella-zoster virus; and ocular herpes, a recurrent viral infection caused by the herpes...
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Distinction between Shingles, Chickenpox
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 21, 2008
Subjects: Chickenpox
...grandson. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a skin condition that usually...adults. It is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same bug that...contagious, sharing their varicella zoster virus with others through infected...
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Stopping Shingles Decades after Your Childhood Bout with Chickenpox, Its Virus Can Seize Your Body Again and Cause Real Misery. Now, Researchers Are Testing a Way to Prevent It
Newspaper article by Hilary Shenfeld; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 12, 2001
...longer. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, breaks out when the same virus...Hospital near Maywood. The varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox isnt...about being awakened, the varicella zoster virus thats aroused from hibernation...
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Ampatuan Sr. Gets 'Shingles,' Transferred to AFP Hospital
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 6, 2010
Subjects: Hospitals--Philippines
...He (Ampatuan) has been found by doctors to have herpes zoster or shingles," Moral said.Online information described herpes zoster as a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash...
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60 Seconds On. Chickenpox
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 11, 2011
Subjects: Chickenpox--Health aspects, Disease transmission--Health aspects
...that causes a fever and widespread crops of blisters. The infection is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which also causes shingles (herpes zoster). How do you get it? The chickenpox virus is transmitted in airborne droplets from coughs...
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encyclopedia articles on: Herpes Zoster  - 8 results

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Herpes Zoster
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HERPES ZOSTER infection of a ganglion (nerve center...The causative organism is varicella zoster, a common, filtrable virus that is also known to cause chicken pox. Herpes zoster usually affects persons past middle life...
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Herpes Simplex
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...14 days. Treatment for recurrent herpes includes elimination of the precipitating...developed. There is no cure. The herpes simplex virus is also the cause of a form of viral encephalitis . See also herpes zoster (shingles...
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Antiviral Drug
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...influenza A, act by interfering with viral uncoating. Herpes simplex virus can now be treated by a highly selective...also used to lessen the pain and speed the healing of herpes zoster (shingles). The search for cures and palliatives for...
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Herpesvirus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...containing viruses, many of which are associated with human disease. See cytomegalovirus ; Epstein-Barr virus ; herpes simplex ; herpes zoster . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Aids , in Medicine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...loss, diarrhea, fatigue, skin rashes, shingles (see herpes zoster ), thrush , or memory problems. Infants may fail to...virulent in AIDS include Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia , herpes simplex , cytomegalovirus , and diarrheal diseases caused...
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