Early Diagnosis of Herpes Zoster Neuralgia: A Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early intervention reduces the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Typical shingles are easy to diagnose; however, there is no clear diagnostic method for neuralgia symptoms manifested before the onset of the rash, which can easily cause misdiagnosis. This not only increases the patient's pain, medical expenses, and mental burden, but more importantly, delays the valuable time for early treatment of shingles, and increases the probability of complications and PHN.

Objective

In this paper, the diagnostic methods of preherpetic neuralgia were summarized and analyzed, and the current challenges were put forward to provide directions for the early diagnosis of herpes zoster (HZ) in the future.

Methods

PubMed, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (

SUBMITTER: Fan HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10289968 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature