dc.contributor.author | Gazewood, John D. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Meadows, Susan E. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Postherpetic neuralgia occurs rarely among patients aged <50 years with herpes zoster. The incidence, duration, and severity of post-herpetic neuralgia increases with age, but older patients usually have only mild pain. Most cases resolve spontaneously within 3 months. Even in the highest-risk group, people aged >70 years, 25% had some pain at 3 months, but only 10% had pain at 1 year, and none had severe pain. Only a few patients have pain that persists for years (strength of recommendation: A, based on a well-done prospective cohort study). | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/2982 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | Clinical Inquiries, 2003 (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of family practice, 52, no. 06 (June 2003) | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | eng |
dc.subject | herpes zoster | eng |
dc.subject | spontaneous resolution | eng |
dc.subject | persistent pain | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Shingles (Disease) | eng |
dc.subject.mesh | Neuralgia, Postherpetic | eng |
dc.subject.mesh | Herpes Zoster | eng |
dc.title | What is the prognosis of postherpetic neuralgia? | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |