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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:

PR4.2109, 1936-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2109
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 28 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal herpes zoster; and Bell's paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1945

PR4.2110, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2110
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 44 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; facial paralysis; and neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.2121, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2121
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: herpetic virus neuritis; facial swelling; loss of sense of taste; and facial paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.2139, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2139
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: heart attacks; shingles; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.2150, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2150
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 69 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; facial pain; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.2152, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2152
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: Bell's palsy; paraesthesia in tongue; herpetic rash; and right facial paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.2164, 1938-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2164
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic trigeminal neuralgia; attacks of sweating; and Raynaud's syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1948

PR4.2168, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2168
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: ?herpes zoster; arm pain; neck pain; and facial pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.2170, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2170
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, form and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; epilepsy; angioneurotic oedema; and paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.2208, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2208
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 80 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: facial paralysis; herpetic eruption; earache; and pain in tongue. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939