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Mary Shelley's migraines and fatal stroke: some observations on their primary cause
Acta Biomed. 2022 Mar 14;93(1):e2022078. doi: 10.23750/abm.v93i1.12258.ABSTRACTIn this article the origins of Mary Shelley's neurological and cerebrovascular problems are described. Through a reanalysis of her biography, her early health issues caused by a dermatological condition, potentially eczema, psoriasis or chickenpox, are related, thanks to current biomedical knowledge, to her migraines and strokes, including the one that killed her.PMID:35315391 | DOI:10.23750/abm.v93i1.12258
Source: Acta Bio-Medica : Atenei Parmensis - March 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Francesco Maria Galassi Elena Varotto Andreas Nerlich Raffaella Bianucci Source Type: research

Don’t shrug off shingles
If you had chickenpox as a kid, there is a good chance you may develop shingles later in life. “In fact, one in three is predicted to get shingles during their lifetime,” says Dr. Anne Louise Oaklander, director of the Nerve Unit at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. The same varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox also causes shingles. After the telltale spots of chickenpox vanish, the virus lies dormant in your nerve cells near the spinal cord and brain. When your immunity weakens from normal aging or from illnesses or medications, the virus can re-emerge. It then travels along a nerve to trigge...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Solan Tags: Healthy Aging Infectious diseases Vaccines Source Type: news

Unusual Trigeminal Autonomic Pain Heralding Hemichorea due to Zoster Sine Herpete Vasculopathy
Conclusions: We suggest that the recognition of this prodromal manifestation, which can be interpreted as a zoster sine herpete, could provide clinicians an extremely useful time window to start promptly with a prophylactic treatment.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - July 8, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Carlotta Spagnoli, Gaetano Cantalupo, Benedetta Piccolo, Davide Cerasti, Francesco Pisani Tags: Clinical Observations Source Type: research