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Early Diagnosis of Herpes Zoster Neuralgia: A Narrative Review

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PAIN AND THERAPY
卷 12, 期 4, 页码 893-901

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SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s40122-023-00510-4

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Herpes zoster; Early diagnosis; Varicella-zoster virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Antibody titer; Biomarker; Thermography; High-frequency ultrasonography

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Early intervention reduces the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Typical shingles are easy to diagnose, but there is no clear diagnostic method for neuralgia symptoms manifested before the onset of the rash, which can easily cause misdiagnosis and delay early treatment.
BackgroundEarly intervention reduces the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Typical shingles are easy to diagnose; however, there is no clear diagnostic method for neuralgia symptoms manifested before the onset of the rash, which can easily cause misdiagnosis. This not only increases the patient's pain, medical expenses, and mental burden, but more importantly, delays the valuable time for early treatment of shingles, and increases the probability of complications and PHN.ObjectiveIn this paper, the diagnostic methods of preherpetic neuralgia were summarized and analyzed, and the current challenges were put forward to provide directions for the early diagnosis of herpes zoster (HZ) in the future.MethodsPubMed, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) libraries were searched using the terms herpes zoster, before the blistering, diagnosis, and neuralgia. Clinical trials, reviews, and case reports were collected and reviewed. The period of literature search is from 1 January 1980 to 1 October 2022.ResultsThe early diagnosis of herpes zoster neuralgia can reduce misdiagnosis and mistreatment, and timely and effective intervention can significantly reduce the incidence of PHN. The body may possess a mechanism that limits the local breakthrough of the virus in the skin, causing blistering later than the onset of pain. Changes in the plasma proteins of patients with varicella-zoster virus shingles neuralgia may be used as an early diagnostic indicator in patients with HZ neuralgia before eruption.ConclusionEarly diagnosis of HZ neuralgia before eruption can facilitate timely targeted treatment, thereby reducing the incidence of PHN. Proteomic quantitative analysis and validation results can serve as a simple, micro, rapid, and accurate diagnostic method.

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