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:
PR2.21267, 1959
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21267
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: anxiety state; dizziness; panic; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1959
PR2.21328, 1959
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21328
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 74 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic trigeminal neuralgia; and herpes. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1959