Herpes Zoster
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06/12/2024
Juan Qiu, MD, PhD1 • Alice Lin, BS, BA2 • Sara Ferguson, MD3
Juan Qiu, MD, PhD1 • Alice Lin, BS, B...
A 62-year-old healthy man presented to his primary care provider with a 2-day history of painful vesicular rashes on his right trunk.
06/12/2024
04/18/2024
According to the CDC, which test is most useful for diagnosing herpes zoster? Test your knowledge with our pop quiz!
04/18/2024
01/26/2024
Vivian Dong, BS; Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS; Richard Hal Flowers, MD, BA
A 50-year-old man presented to clinic with a ten-day history of a painful, swollen red plaque on his right lateral eyebrow. The rash had worsened despite a 5-day course of oral doxycycline 100 mg twice...
01/26/2024
Interactive Features
04/18/2024
According to the CDC, which test is most useful for diagnosing herpes zoster? Test your knowledge with our pop quiz!
04/18/2024
03/18/2022
Herpes zoster is common among older adults in the United States. Do you know how many individuals will develop the rash in their lifetime? Take our quiz to find out!
03/18/2022
05/26/2021
Many people have their own remedies of relieving pain from herpes zoster, but those methods do not clear the rash. Which treatment is the best option for first-line therapy? Take our quiz to find out!
05/26/2021
01/26/2011
Herpes zoster can cause adverse long-term effects, even after the rash clears. Do you know which complication is the most common? Take our quiz to find out!
01/26/2011
Clinical Insights
10/12/2021
In this soundbite, William Schaffner, MD, speaks about whether concomitant receipt of recombinant zoster vaccine with another vaccine increases the risk of herpes zoster compared with receiving recombinant...
10/12/2021
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inflammatory bowel disease
01/08/2019
Marie Borum, MD, EdD, MPH, answers our questions on her research presented during a poster session at the 2018 AIBD Meeting that evaluated the rate of herpes zoster vaccination among patients with IBD. ...
01/08/2019
