herpes zoster/headache

The authors report the first observation of a 73-year-old woman affected from CPH (Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania) which following an ophthalmic herpes-zoster infection. The improvement with a 5-HT 1-like agonist receptors (Sumatriptan) and with Timostimulin is discussed.

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most common chronic complication of herpes zoster infection. However, a few patients may develop different types of pain after herpetic lesions. We are reporting two patients who developed postherpetic hemicrania continua (HC). Case 1: a 54-year-old woman had a

OBJECTIVE When physicians encounter patients with headache or facial pain (preeruptive pain) associated with acute herpes zoster of the head, especially before the appearance of characteristic skin eruptions (preeruptive phase), they typically find it difficult to make clinical impressions and apply

A 43-year-old female presented with severe sharp stabbing right-sided periorbital and retroorbital area headache, dull-aching unilateral jaw pain, eyelid swelling, ptosis, and tearing of the right eye but no rash. The pain episodes lasted five minutes to one hour and occurred 10-15 times per day

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are two diseases more commonly seen in the elderly population. Each has potentially serious and preventable visual complications by differing mechanisms. Treatments for the two diseases differ.

Classification (on a nosotropic mechanism) on which distinguish head pain is in-process resulted: vascular, head pain of tension, likvorodinamicheskaya, neuralgic, mixed type, and also facial pains and pains in area of ear. Duration--from a few clock to a few days. Such state can be at hypertensive

BACKGROUND The diagnostic criteria for primary stabbing headache (PSH) in the 3rd beta edition of International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICDH-3 beta) were recently revised. In the ICDH-3 beta, PSH is defined as short-lasting head pain spontaneous occurring as a single stab or series of

BACKGROUND An infection by herpes zoster virus is a common and important cause of encephalitis. Herpes zoster virus encephalitis if not treated promptly can result in significant morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis of herpes zoster virus encephalitis is based on clinical history, examination,

We present a case of an elderly, immunosuppressed patient with rheumatoid arthritis who was not appropriately vaccinated, and subsequently developed herpes zoster ophthalmicus, which initially presented similar to giant cell arteritis. Evidence-based vaccinations are integral in decreasing the

Any patient older than 50 years who develops headaches for the first time or who has a change in a chronic headache pattern should be investigated for an underlying cause or exacerbating condition. Several headache syndromes occur almost exclusively in older people. One of these, temporal arteritis,

Occipital neuralgia is a pain syndrome which may usually be induced by spasms of the cervical muscles or trauma to the greater or lesser occipital nerves. We report a patient with occipital neuralgia followed by facial herpes lesion. A 74-year-old male experienced sudden-onset severe headache in the

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of valacyclovir hydrochloride and famciclovir for the treatment of herpes zoster. METHODS A double-blind, randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trial in which patients received 7 days of treatment and were followed up for 24 weeks. METHODS Patients