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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:

PR2.8073, 1949-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8073
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; facial pain; deafness; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1960

PR2.8758, 1950-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8758
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: postherpetic neuralgia; herpes zoster; and facial pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1954

PR2.9232, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9232
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and note relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: head pain; neck pain; psychological problems; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9327, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9327
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, chart and note relating to female patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: shoulder pain; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR3.1680, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1680
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: post herpetic neuralgia; trigeminal herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR4.2051, 1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2051
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.2053, 1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2053
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal herpes; post-herpetic neuralgia; and psychosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.2086, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2086
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: shingles, post-herpetic neuralgia; headache; and paraesthesiae of burning. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.2088, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2088
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient aged 61 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: intercostal herpes; neuritis; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.2097, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2097
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 76 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: intercostal herpes; post-herpetic neuralgia; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936