Shingles

Alternate Name: Herpes Zoster Varicella

Test:

Vesicle smear (multinucleated giant cells and in-clusion bodies), CSF pressure (H with cerebral in­volvement), CSF microscopy (monocytes with ce­rebral involvement)

Sign:

Dd:

Pleurisy, pleurodynia, neuritis, radiculitis, perito-nitis, disc lesion, Herpes simplex, urticaria, chick­enpox

Phys:

Unilateral, segmental infection of posterior rootganglions or cranial nerves by the virus H. water, resulting in pain and vesicular eruption in the af­fected nerve area