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Abstract
Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. This article is about postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a devastating complication following reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus. The answer offers an explanation for why this pain occurs, and cites literature regarding its incidence and treatment.Entities:
Keywords: neuralgia; neuropathic pain; pain; postherpetic; shingles; varicella
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26095493 DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2015.1037520
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother ISSN: 1536-0288