STUDY ON CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HERPES ZOSTER AT DEPARTMENT OF ALLERGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND DERMATOLOGY – E HOSPITAL
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Objective: To describe some clinical features of herpes zoster to help early
diagnosis, treatment and control of complications of the disease. Methods and subjects: A cross-sectional descriptive study of clinical features in 104 patients with herpes zoster who were treated at the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology - E Hospital from 8/2021 to 8/2022. Results and conclusions: the main symptoms of prodromal symptoms are pain, burning and jerking at the site of injury, the most common primary lesion is skin inflammatory rash (100%), followed by vesicular rash (93,3%); the most common location is intercostal space (28.8%), followed by genital area, lower extremities (26.9%). 61.5% lesions on the right side of the body; common pain in shingles is pain (89.4%), burning(60.6%), jerking (70.2%); 41.3% of patients had severe pain, 41.3% of patients with moderate pain and 17.3% of patients with mild pain; 76% of patients had insomnia, 6.7% of patients had fever, 34.6% of patients had peripheral lymph nodes and 4.8% of patients had nerve damage
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herpes zoster, E Hospital