Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia

by Watson, C. Peter N.; Gershon, Anne A.

• ISBN13: 9780444506818
• ISBN10: 0444506810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

This work provides, in a single volume, up-to-date knowledge about every aspect of varicella zoster virus, herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. The first edition of this book, published in 1993, received wide acclaim. In this new edition, Dr. Watson and Dr. Gershon are joined by outstanding authorities on the multiple facets of these diseases. This book encompasses the impressive amount of knowledge which has been accumulated in recent years and enriches the knowledge not only about this particular syndrome but about chronic pain in general. It is a valuable contribution to the literature on pain which deals with all the basic scientific information on the acute and chronic stages of herpes zoster as well as the recent exciting developments in the treatment of this affliction.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Poem: Shingles	vi
S. Telling
Acknowledgements	vii
Preface to the Second Edition	ix
P.D. Wall
Preface to the Second Edition	xi
R. Melzack
Introduction	xiii
C.P.N. Watson
Introduction	xiv
A.A. Gershon
List of Contributors	xv
Contents	xix
A Tribute: To R. Edgar Hope-Simpson, O.B.E., F.R.C.G.P.	xxiii
C.P.N. Watson
Some early investigations into the nature of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia	1	(12)
R.E. Hope-Simpson
Making a difference: the VZV Research Foundation	13	(6)
R.T. Perkin
The belt of roses from hell: historical aspects of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia	19	(6)
N. Abraham
T.J. Murray
The varicella-zoster virus	25	(14)
A.M. Arvin
The epidemiology and natural history of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia	39	(26)
R.H. Dworkin
K.E. Schmader
Herpes zoster: natural history, diagnosis and therapy	65	(14)
R.J. Whitley
Latency and neurologic aspects of zoster	79	(10)
J.J. LaGuardia
R.J. Cohrs
D.H. Gilden
Neurological complications of herpes zoster	89	(8)
M. Haanpaa
Dermatologic aspects of herpes zoster	97	(10)
B.A.S. Lycka
D. Williamson
R.G. Sibbald
Zoster in immunosuppressed patients	107	(12)
A.A. Gershon
Ophthalmic zoster	119	(12)
D. Pavan-Langston
Vaccination against zoster	131	(12)
M.J. Levin
Pain, sensory change, and allodynia in postherpetic neuralgia	143	(6)
D. Bowsher
Editorial comment	149	(2)
C.P.N. Watson
Facial pain with herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia and a comparison with trigeminal neuralgia	151	(10)
G.H. Fromm
Commentary on Gerhard Fromm's 1993 chapter	161	(6)
B.J. Sessle
The neuropathology of herpes zoster with particular reference to postherpetic neuralgia and its pathogenesis	167	(16)
C.P.N. Watson
A.L. Oaklander
J.H. Deck
Spectrum of pain mechanisms contributing to PHN	183	(14)
M.C. Rowbotham
R. Baron
K.L. Petersen
H.L. Fields
An essay on the mechanisms which may contribute to the pain of postherpetic neuralgia	197	(12)
P.D. Wall
Prevention of postherpetic neuralgia by corticosteroids	209	(10)
B.T. Post
J.T. Philbrick
C.P.N. Watson
The prevention of postherpetic neuralgia	219	(4)
C.P.N. Watson
Nerve blocks, herpes zoster, and postherpetic neuralgia	223	(8)
P.G. Fine
Topical agents for post-herpetic neuralgia	231	(12)
M.C. Rowbotham
C.P.N. Watson
The medical treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: antidepressants, anti-convulsants, opioids and practical guidelines for management	243	(12)
C.P.N. Watson
Surgery for postherpetic neuralgia	255	(10)
J.D. Loeser
Suggestions for research and unanswered questions regarding postherpetic neuralgia	265	(12)
C.P.N. Watson
M. Chipman
Subject Index	277