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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:

PR2.15239, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15239
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic pain; trigeminal pain; facial pain; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15543, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15543
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; herpes zoster; hypoaesthesia; and hyperpathia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.16726, 1955-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16726
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 81 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; post-herpetic neuralgia; and post-herpetic hyperaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1959

PR2.16820, 1956-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16820
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: migrainous neuralgia; herpes zoster; and facial pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1965

PR2.16866, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16866
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; hyperaesthesiae; and central pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.17500, 1957-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17500
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: facial migrainous neuralgia; herpes zoster; paraesthesiae; and Bell's palsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1960

PR2.17639, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17639
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 64 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; post-concussional syndrome; and Dupuytren's contracture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.17640, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17640
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; paraesthesiae; and Horner's syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18194, 1957-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18194
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; post-herpetic neuralgia; and numbness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1960

PR2.18466, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18466
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 59 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: Herpes Zoster; paraesthesiae; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957