chickenpox/fatigue

This article posits that infection of the peripheral ganglia causes at least some cases of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), with a neurotropic herpesvirus, particularly varicella-zoster virus (VZV), as the most likely cause of the infection. Virtually all CFS symptoms could be produced by an

BACKGROUND none declared. BACKGROUND Chickenpox is disease caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), with possibly devastated consequences during pregnancy, for mother and neonate. Pneumonia is most common complication in pregnancy with very high mortality. METHODS A 39-year-old female in third

A 41-year-old woman developed skin lesions on her upper back and arm. Initially, a definitive diagnosis could not be made. Subsequently, PCR detected VZV DNA in skin lesions and saliva. Immediate antiviral treatment led to a quick recovery without complicating prolonged fatigue and weakness

The chronic fatigue syndrome is a poorly defined symptoms complex characterized primarily by chronic or recurrent debilitating fatigue and various combinations of other symptoms, including psychological symptoms, sore throat, lymph node pain, headache, myalgia, arthralgias. Psychological

Although chickenpox is a highly contagious disease affecting 90% of susceptible persons exposed, its morbidity and mortality in healthy patients is minimal. Treatment of chickenpox with oral acyclovir appears to decrease the number of pox lesions and shorten the duration of new lesion formation.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a serious disease and the most common cause of vasculitis in the elderly. Here, studies describing the recent discovery of varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the temporal arteries of patients with GCA are reviewed. GCA is characterized by severe headache/head pain and

Here we report a case of acute cerebellitis, in which the patient developed right peripheral facial palsy during the recovery phase of cerebellar ataxia. A 67-year-old man developed truncal and limb ataxia following a fever, general fatigue and anorexia. He was diagnosed to have acute cerebellitis.

Twenty-six days after liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis, a 52 year-old patient was rehospitalized for viral infection. The clinical features were fatigue, anorexia and vomiting. On physical examination, vesicular skin lesions involving the left 8 th intercostal space were

We describe a case of unilateral IX, X and XI cranial and upper cervical nerve palsies involving zoster sine herpete (ZSH). A 63-year-old man experienced nausea, loss of appetite and general fatigue. On 4 days of illness, dysphagia, dysarthria and difficulty in elevation of his right arm appeared.

BACKGROUND The association of xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related virus (XMRV) in prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome reported in previous studies remains controversial as these results have been questioned by recent data. Nonetheless, concerns have been raised regarding

Leukemia cutis develops in <4% of all acute leukemias. Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is rare, with most cases involving lymph nodes or spleen, and no cutaneous involvement. We report the case of a 59-year-old man who presented with fever, malaise,

A previously healthy patient with classic hemophilia who was on a home infusion program with factor VIII concentrates developed an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome manifested by a dramatic weight loss (47 kg over 12 months), lassitude, transient thrombocytopenia, and opportunistic infections with

Six distinct human herpesviruses have been identified. They include Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), Epstein-Barr virus and the recently described Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6). With the exception of HSV-2, the members of

A benign, transient proliferation of atypical lymphocytes and a monoclonal rearrangement of the T-cell receptor beta (TRB) locus was found in a 60-year-old woman who presented with low-grade fever, anorexia and fatigue. A marked and transient atypical lymphocytosis (white blood cell count 90.5 x