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Dermatome‐Specific Herpes Zoster Following Corticosteroid Therapy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Case Report Illustrating the Immunocompromised District Theory

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Systemic corticosteroids frequently utilized to manage lumbosacral radiculopathy introduce an immunological paradox by potentially triggering varicella‐zoster virus reactivation. While well‐documented in severely immunocompromised populations, the specific neuro‐immunological mechanisms in otherwise immunocompetent patients with lumbar disc ...
Jun Liu, Lili Luo, Ming Zhou, Weifeng Chen, Na Cao, Zhanglin Pu, Yunwei Niu, Jiachen Guo, Huayuan Liao, Yi Li, Jun Gao, Kang Wei   +11 more
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A Comprehensive Scientometric Analysis of Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Pain Research: From Placebo Mechanisms to Clinical Trials

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Volume 32, Issue 6, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Placebo and nocebo phenomena are central in neuroscience, psychology, and clinical research, yet comprehensive bibliometric analyses remain limited. This study mapped placebo and nocebo research in pain, distinguishing mechanistic studies from randomised controlled trials (RCTs), using data from the Web of Science Core Collection up to March ...
Francesca Borghesi, Valeria Volpino, Elisa Rho, Giorgia Cecconato, Francesco Campaci, Pietro Cipresso, Alessandro Piedimonte, Elisa Carlino   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local injection of a freshly manufactured 35 kDa hyaluronan fragment reduces neuropathic and inflammatory pain: A clinical study

European Journal of Inflammation
To investigate the ability of the 35 kDa low-molecular-weight hyaluronan fragment (HA35) to relieve neuropathic and inflammatory pain, including postherpetic neuralgia and shoulder, neck, back and temporomandibular pain.
FengHe Xu, Dylan Treger, Xinyue Ma, XiaoXiao Jia, Joshua H Shofaro, Taivanbat Ganbaatar, Munkh-Amgalan Gantumur, Jessica Hui, Mizhou Hui, Chao Meng   +9 more
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Burden and Treatment Preference of Probable Neuropathic Pain in 13 592 people: A Cross‐Sectional and Discrete Choice Experiment in the General Population in Malaysia

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Neuropathic pain (NeuP) is widely underdiagnosed, and treatment‐related adverse events often drive nonadherence. We investigated the probable NeuP prevalence, symptoms recognition, and treatment preferences among the general population in Malaysia.
Wee‐Kiat Tan, Maznah Dahlui, Azhari Rosman, Hiang Leng Tan, Noraidah Guntalib, Siew Pheng Chan, Shalini Sree Dharan, Pei Chiek Teh, Daniel Yi Jie Wong, Kenny Tan, Solomon Tesfaye, Lee‐Ling Lim   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-herpetic neuralgia

Revista Dor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Post-herpetic neuralgia is defined as pain persisting for more than three months after the resolution of skin eruptions observed in herpes-zoster.
Charles Amaral de Oliveira, Anita Perpétua Carvalho Rocha de Castro, Susana Abe Miyahira   +2 more
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Off‐Label Initiation of Gabapentin and Valproic Acid Among Long‐Stay Nursing Home Residents With and Without Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Lauren B. Gerlach, Lan Zhang, Ana Montoya, Sarah L. Krein, Andrew R. Zullo, Julie P. W. Bynum, Donovan Maust   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) [PDF]

, 2012
Herpes zoster (shingles) is an infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Following the active phase of chicken pox and the crusting of skin lesions the virus spreads to the spinal and cranial ganglia and the posterior horns of the spinal ...
Malec-Milewska, Małgorzata
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Supplementary Material for: Analysis of the Risk Factors for Postherpetic Neuralgia

, 2019
Background: Postherpetic neuralgia is the most common complication of herpes zoster, affecting 30% of patients. It seriously affects the quality of life of patients and the curative effect of treatment is limited.
Li X. (3218241), Wang H. (3137487), Liu Q. (3341049), Wei S. (5011853), Shao L. (2954247)   +4 more
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Metformin use and the risks of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in patients with type 2 diabetes

, 2022
[[abstract]]Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia cause substantial pain in patients. Persons with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are prone to zoster infection and postherpetic neuralgia due to compromised immunity.
Yen, FS;Wei, JCC;Yip, HT;Hsu, CC;Hwu, CM
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Postherpetic neuralgia: a descriptive analysis of patients seen in pain clinics

, 2003
Background and Objective: Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a common ailment that pain specialists must often cope with. The goal of the present survey is to investigate the pain characteristics of 119 PHN patients with persistent pain seen at different ...
Caseras, Xavier, Banos, J. E., Caseras, X., Lazaro, C., Catalonian Group for the Study of Postherpetic Neuralgia, Banos, J.E.   +5 more
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