TITLE:
The Current Treatment and Prevention of Post Herpetic Neuralgia
AUTHORS:
Simant Ankit, Tongxiang Zeng, Yangxin Chen, Hari Narayan Gupta, Kunal Shah, Xianwang Wang
KEYWORDS:
Post Herpetic Neuralgia, Current Treatment, Prevention
JOURNAL NAME:
Yangtze Medicine,
Vol.2 No.1,
March
27,
2018
ABSTRACT: Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a chronic neuropathic pain syndrome in the area of the herpes zoster (HZ) rash, persisting after the cutaneous lesions have subsided. Despite numerous treatment advances, many patients remain refractory to the current therapies and continue to have pain, physical, economical and psychological distress. In this review, we will focus on the current treatment and prevention of PHN.