BACKGROUND As general anaesthesia may compromise the immune system, it has been hypothesized that latent varicella-zoster virus is more likely to be reactivated and cause herpes zoster in mothers after Caesarean deliveries under general anaesthesia. Our study was thus aimed at investigating the risk of herpes zoster among women during the first year after Caesarean deliveries under either gener...

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | September-October 2010 | Vol 76 | Issue 5 like foot drop and wrist drop, but VZV can also rarely produce limb paralysis. In view of the high prevalence of herpes zoster in recent times, this uncommon complication of herpes zoster should also be considered in all peripheral limb paralysis cases. The purpose of this report is to create awareness about this unco...

BACKGROUND Herpes zoster is a common viral infection of skin caused by reactivation of varicella zoster virus infection from the spinal ganglia. The clinico-epidemiological patterns of this disease in an Indian setting required to be studied. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted on all consecutive cases of herpes zoster reporting to the Dermatology Outpatient Department at a Tertiary...

herpes zoster ophthalmicus (hzo) is a clinical manifestation of the reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (vzv) infection and is more common in people with diminished cell-mediated immunity. lesions and pain correspond to the affected dermatomes, mostly in first or second trigeminal branch and progress from maculae, papules to vesicles and form pustules, and crusts. complications are cu...

Sir, Isotopic response is de¢ned as the occurrence of a new, unrelated disease at the same site as a previous disease, commonly herpes zoster. Various diseases have been reported in terms of isotopic response associated with herpes zoster, but the development of localized chronic urticaria is very uncommon. Herein, we described a rare case of localized chronic urticaria presenting as pruritic m...

Brachial plexopathy with motor involvement secondary to herpes zoster infection is very rare. Also known as shingles, herpes zoster occurs as a result of reactivation of varicella zoster virus in the dorsal root ganglia. We present a 69-year-old male patient with right upper extremity monoplegia secondary to herpes zoster infection. Physical examination showed scars from rash on his right antec...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and may subsequently reactivate to cause herpes zoster later in life. The exogenous boosting hypothesis states that re-exposure to circulating VZV can inhibit VZV reactivation and consequently also herpes zoster in VZV-immune individuals. Using this hypothesis, mathematical models predicted widespread chickenpox vaccination to increase herpes zoste...

The effect of intravenous acyclovir (at a dosage of 30 mg/kg per day for five days) on uncomplicated herpes zoster was investigated in 51 patients in a double-blind study. Although existing herpes zoster lesions tended to heal more rapidly and new lesions ceased to appear somewhat earlier in the acyclovir group, these differences were not statistically significant. During treatment, patients on...

Herpes zoster (shingles) is rare in children with no history of chickenpox but can occur when their mothers are infected with the virus during pregnancy. In such cases, herpes zoster generally presents after the first year of life after maternal immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies have disappeared from the child’s blood. Disseminated pediatric herpes zoster is an unusual condition. We present the ...

Herpes zoster as a result of reactivated varicella-zoster virus is characterized by vesicular eruptions on skin and painful neuralgia in the dermatome distribution. Pain during an acute phase of herpes zoster has been associated with a higher risk of developing postherpetic neuralgia. The current therapies for herpes zoster including analgesics and sympathetic nerve block as well as antiviral a...