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Silent Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report
We present a case of a 59-year-old overweight woman with prediabetes, primary hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia who presented for herpes zoster (HZ) follow-up; she reported having skipped heartbeats and heart rate fluctuations during the review of systems. On further workup, ECG revealed low voltage QRS complexes, flat QRS complexes, flat T waves, and pathological Q waves, suggesting the diagnosis of SMI. Based on the identified risk factors, including high BMI, prediabetes, primary hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, HZ, and newly diagnosed SMI, the patient was advised to continue with lisinopril 20 mg daily, prescri...
Source: Herpes - August 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Maria V Kolesova Suzanne Minor Source Type: research
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Discovered During Pain Consult Possibly Complicated With Dural Sinus Thrombosis and Refractory Headache Managed With Ketamine: A Case Report
In this report, we present the case of a 51-year-old male with severe headache and imaging findings of dural sinus thrombosis. He was later diagnosed with herpes zoster ophthalmicus and required aggressive inpatient management of neuropathic pain. Despite appropriate treatment, acute herpes zoster can progress to post-herpetic neuralgia, requiring long-term pain management.PMID:37593290 | PMC:PMC10430885 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.42018
Source: Herpes - August 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Laura Furtado Pessoa de Mendonca Alejandro Hallo-Carrasco Christian C Prusinski Christine Hunt Source Type: research
Impact of influenza, herpes zoster, and pneumococcal vaccinations on the incidence of cardiovascular events in subjects aged over 65 years: a systematic review
Geroscience. 2023 Jun 3. doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-00807-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis systematic review aims to summarize the impact of vaccination against influenza, shingles, and pneumococcus on the incidence on the risk of cardiovascular events in the elderly. This protocol was developed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. We conducted a literature search and identified all relevant articles published regarding the matter up to September 2022. We retrieved 38 studies (influenza vaccine = 33, pneumococcal vaccine = 5, and zoster vaccine = 2). A total of 28 and 2 studies have shown that influenza and pneumococcal...
Source: Herpes - June 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alexandra Addario Thomas C élarier Bienvenu Bongue Nathalie Barth Ga ëtan Gavazzi Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers Source Type: research
532 Shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in post-stroke patients: Real-world evidence
Shingles, known as zoster or herpes zoster, is a neurotropic viral disease featured with painful dermatomal skin eruptions, which leads to a notorious complication, post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN are usually refractory to treatment and disturbs patients' life. Among the world, stroke is a main cause of morbidity and mortality. Since patients are prone to get infectious diseases during acute phase following stroke, this study is aimed to investigate whether stroke increases the risk of shingles and it's terrible complication, PHN.
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - April 17, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: C. Wu, Y. Lu Source Type: research
Africa: Dormant Shingles Virus in Your Neurons Can Increase Risk of Stroke - New Research Identified a Potential Culprit
[The Conversation Africa] Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get chickenpox as children. For around a third of these people, this same virus will reactivate years later and cause shingles, also called herpes zoster.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Shingles Associated with Increased Risk for Stroke, Heart Attack
Study of more than 200,000 people demonstrated that herpes zoster (shingles) is associated with an almost 30% higher long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event
Source: BWH News - November 22, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Herpes Zoster and Long-Term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Conclusions HZ is associated with higher long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event. These findings suggest there are long-term implications of HZ and underscore the importance of prevention.PMID:36382961 | DOI:10.1161/JAHA.122.027451
Source: Herpes - November 16, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sharon G Curhan Kosuke Kawai Barbara Yawn Kathryn M Rexrode Eric B Rimm Gary C Curhan Source Type: research
Predictors of herpes zoster vaccination among Australian adults aged 65 and over
CONCLUSION(S): Further research is required to understand the barriers to HZ vaccine uptake. Increasing the funding eligibility for those who are at risk of complications from shingles, or lowering the age of eligibility, may increase vaccine coverage.PMID:36336528 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.064
Source: Herpes - November 6, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas Ricks Mallory J Trent C Raina MacIntyre Source Type: research
