J Korean Pain Soc.  1988 Jun;1(1):9-15.

Pain Management of Post-herpetic Neuralgia

• Bae WH
• Whang CH
• Min BW

Abstract

Postherpetic neuralgia, the most feared complication of acute herpes zoster, may agonize the pain clinician because the appropriate management of intractable pain can fail inspite of various and prolonged therapeutic techniques. Of all patients with herpes zoster. approximately 5-10% will develop postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is very rare in young patient but very common in patients over 60. In other words, the older, the highter incidence. In our pain clinics, 13 postherpetic neuralgic patients were treated with sympathetic blocks, local infiltration with local anesthetics and steroids, TEN S, Laser and various drugs including antiderpressant. The results of management of pain in 13 patrents were as follows. l. Excellent pain control:4 (30.8%) 2. Good pain control:3 (23.0%) 3. Fair pain control:2 (15.4%) 4. No effect :4 (30.8%)

MeSH Terms

Anesthetics, Local
Felodipine
Herpes Zoster
Humans
Incidence
Neuralgia*
Neuralgia, Postherpetic
Pain Clinics
Pain Management*
Pain, Intractable
Steroids
Anesthetics, Local
Felodipine
Steroids