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 1 Collection or Record:
PR2.13051, 1953-1956
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13051
Scope and Contents
Typed correspondence, notes, charts and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: deafness; tinnitius; dizziness; unsteadiness; nystagmus; ataxia; acoustic neuroma; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1953-1956