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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:

PR2.12291, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12291
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, chart and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: psychoneurosis; epilepsy; seizures; weakness; pain; fainting; cyst; herpes zoster; and tremor. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12323, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12323
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 74 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: herpes; facial pain; and hyperaesthesthia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12339, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12339
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic pain; facial pain; subarachnoid haemorrhage; nausea; dizziness; unconsciousness; headaches; speech disorder; cerebral arterial spasm; thrombosis; hypertension; paresis; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12731, 1953-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12731
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: protruded cervical disc; herpes zoster; brachialgia; and haemoptysis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1959

PR2.13051, 1953-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13051
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, charts and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: deafness; tinnitius; dizziness; unsteadiness; nystagmus; ataxia; acoustic neuroma; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1956

PR2.13101, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13101
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 71 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic neuralgia; thoracic pain; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.13715, 1954-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13715
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 48 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia; migraine; herpes zoster; diplopia; 4th nerve paresis; and hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1959

PR2.13815, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13815
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia; facial pain; Herpetic eruption; and brainstem lesion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13847, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13847
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: Tic Douloureux; facial pain; paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia; herpes; and deep vein thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14907, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; and nausea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955