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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:

PR4.2233, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2233
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 71 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic neuralgia; hyperaesthesia; and blurry vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2235, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2235
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2400, 1931-1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2400
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic trigeminal neuritis; and paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931-1935

PR4.2407, 1932

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2407
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic neuralgia; rheumatoid arthritis; and oedema of eyelids. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.2411, 1932

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2411
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic neuralgia; and alcoholism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.2418, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2418
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 63 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; and post-herpetic pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR4.2536, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2536
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 82 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic neuralgia; and glaucoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.2563, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2563
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic trigeminal neuralgia; and shingles. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.2571, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2571
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 64 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; post-herpetic trigeminal pain; and dimness of vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.2583, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2583
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 59 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral conjunctivitis; bilateral keratitis; shingles; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939