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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:

PR2.10248, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10248
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; and post-herpetic neuralgia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.10430, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10430
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 76 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: shingles; and postherpetic neuralgia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10495, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10495
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fibrositis; neck pain; shoulder pain; herpes zoster; and arthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10676, 1952-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10676
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: bowel paresis; paraesthesiae; back pain; numbness; and shingles. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.10685, 1951-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10685
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 77 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic pain; and post-concussional psychosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953

PR2.11228, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11228
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: headache; herpes zoster; and osteoarthritis of cervical spine. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11401, 1952-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11401
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, note, charts and correspondence relating to female fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal post-herpetic neuralgia; facial pain; and herpes zoster. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1954

PR2.11981, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11981
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, 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; herpes; shingles; weakness; and paraesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.11992, 1945-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11992
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; Scheuermann's Disease; Hodgkin's Disease; and Herpes Zoster. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1953

PR2.12026, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12026
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: herpes; facial pain; and shingles. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953