Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2016

A retrospective analysis of clinical profile and presentation of herpes zoster amongst patients of Tripura, India.

Dr. Gautam Mazumder, Dr. Amar Kanti Chakma, Dr. Rajat Datta

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Herpes zoster (HZ) acute viral infection characterized by vesicular skin lesions caused by the reactivation of latent infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) after primary varicella infection over a dermatome. The present study retrospectively analysed herpes zoster cases to know the age and sex distributions, variations and morphological characteristics, severity and presence predisposing factors of herpes zoster in our part of this country. Out of 149 cases, 98 were males and 51 were females with a male to female ratio of 1.92:1and mean age of incidence of 55 years. Almost 98% of our cases had segmental neuralgia some times during the course of herpes zoster with varying intensity from mild to severe. Thoracic dermatome was commonly (64; 42.95%) affected followed by cranial, cervical, lumbar, and sacral. Twelve (8.05%) patients had more than one dermatome involvement and all of them had precipitating factors in the form of pre–existing disease with or without immunosuppressive therapy. However, HIV associated herpes zoster was minimal in this part of country as compared to other studies.

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Dr. Gautam Mazumder, Dr. Amar Kanti Chakma, Dr. Rajat Datta A retrospective analysis of clinical profile and presentation of herpes zoster amongst patients of Tripura, India. Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 2 February 2016

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