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17 kwi 2023 · Three fundamental treatment approaches may be considered for postherpetic neuralgia. The first is prevention, which focuses on identifying populations at risk for contracting HZ and administering a vaccine.
10 lut 2023 · Learn about the symptoms, causes and diagnosis of postherpetic neuralgia, a chronic nerve pain after shingles. Find out the treatment options, such as lidocaine patches, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, opioids and steroid shots.
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a complication of shingles infection that causes nerve pain after herpes. Learn about the risk factors, diagnosis, management and prevention of PHN from Cleveland Clinic.
10 lut 2023 · Postherpetic neuralgia is a complication of shingles that causes burning pain in nerves and skin. Learn about the risk factors, diagnosis and treatment options for this condition that mainly affects older adults.
2 sie 2024 · Learn about the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic pain condition caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This article requires subscription to access the full content.
26 lip 2023 · Postherpetic neuralgia is an annoying pain that mainly affects older people. In order to give patients more options, this review summarizes the pharmacological and interventional treatments for postherpetic neuralgia and updates the research on the efficacy, thereby providing doctors with more treatment options.
Currently, first-line treatments for this condition include the administration of medication therapies such as tricyclic antidepressants, pregabalin, gabapentin, and lidocaine patches, followed by the application of tramadol and capsaicin creams and patches as second- or third-line therapies.