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Herpes Zoster

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella-zoster virus ( HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN) in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of CHICKENPOX. It involves the SENSORY GANGLIA and their areas of innervation and is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Shingles

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.456, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.456
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; facial pain; and postherpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.539, 1941-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.539
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 70 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; pain in chest; herpes zoster; arteriosclerosis; and hyperaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942

PR2.653, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.653
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; mental changes; diplopia; and arteriosclerotic arterial thrombosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.675, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.675
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 74 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; facial pain; and post-herpetic pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.974, 1942-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.974
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; and facial pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1960

PR4.284, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.284
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 54 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: neck rigidity; shingles; headache; and vision impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.843, 1958-1975

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.843
Scope and Contents Case summary, X-rays, chart, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male engine driver (railways) from south west Edinburgh aged 53 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary...
Dates: 1958-1975

PR1.1166, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1166
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; failure of vision; shingles; unsteadiness; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1936

PR1.1237, 1936-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1237
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: facial pain; shingles; trigeminal neuralgia; and otitis media. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1939

PR1.1516, 1937-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1516
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; headache; diplopia; exophthalmos; and arterio-venous fistula. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1939