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Postherpetic neuralgia presents as chronic pain with skin changes lasting for more than 3 months, in the distribution of one or more sensory roots after herpes zoster infection. Also known as shingles, it is due to the reactivation of varicella zoster virus. The reactivation may be triggered by disease (lymphoma, HIV infection), immunosuppression (organ transplant, autoimmune disease) or management of malignancy. Twenty percent of patients with herpes zoster develop PHN.
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Gupta R, Farquhar-Smith P. Post-herpetic neuralgia. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain. 2012;12(4):181–5.
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Gupta, R. (2014). Postherpetic Neuralgia. In: Pain Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55061-4_33
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