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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:

PR2.19588, 1958-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19588
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: attack of "shingles"; paraesthesiae; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1963

PR2.19596, 1958-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19596
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, charts, reports and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic neuralgia (cervical); "shingles"; headache; and facial pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1964

PR2.19696, 1958-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19696
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic neuralgia; herpes zoster; tinnitus; and vertigo. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1960

PR2.19724, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19724
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 76 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.20312, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20312
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic facial pain; herpes zoster; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20409, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20409
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic pain; and herpes zoster. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20495, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20495
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; and post-herpetic pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.21080, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21080
Scope and Contents

Notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic pain (first trigeminal division); herpes zoster; and hyperaethesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.21195, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21195
Scope and Contents

Reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 73 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic neuralgia; and ophthalmic herpes. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.21198, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21198
Scope and Contents

Charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 77 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: chronic depression; parkinsonism; stiffness in limbs; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959