Clinical practice: Herpes zoster

N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 18;369(3):255-63. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1302674.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man presents with a rash of 2 days duration over the right forehead with vesicles and pustules, a few lesions on the right side and tip of the nose, and slight blurring in the right eye. The rash was preceded by tingling in the area and is now associated with aching pain. How should this patient be evaluated and treated?

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Analgesics / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine*
  • Herpes Zoster* / complications
  • Herpes Zoster* / diagnosis
  • Herpes Zoster* / drug therapy
  • Herpes Zoster* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuralgia, Postherpetic / drug therapy
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Pain / etiology

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine