RT Book, Section
A1 Shah, Ashish
A1 Sobolewski, Brad
A1 Mittiga, Matthew R.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181044374
T1 Herpes Zoster
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181044374
RD 2024/04/25
AB Zoster  (shingles)  represents  a  reactivation  of  latent  VZV  and  has  been  noted  as  early  as  the  1st  week  of  life  in  infants  born  to  mothers  who  contracted  varicella  during  pregnancy.  The  lesions  present  as  clustered  vesicles  or  bullae  in  a  dermatomal  distribution.  The  pain  of  acute  neuritis  occurs  in  75%  of  patients  with  herpes  zoster.  Prodromal  pain  can  be  constant  or  intermittent  and  burning  or  stabbing  and  can  precede  the  lesions  by  days  to  weeks.  Sometimes  pain  can  persist  beyond  1  month  after  the  lesions  have  disappeared  (known  as  postherpetic  neuralgia).