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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Herpes Zoster
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Testing, Treatment, Medications, Immunocompetent person, Immunocompromised person, Local measures, Postherpetic neuralgia, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Complications, Prognosis, Prevention, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: herpes zoster disease.
Excerpt: | |  Antiviral therapy should be given to patients over age 55; younger patients with acute moderate to severe pain or rash may benefit from antiviral therapy
| | – Administer famciclovir, 500 mg three times daily orally; valacyclovir, 1 g three times daily orally; or acyclovir, 800 mg five times daily; all for 7 days – Adjust the dose of antiviral agent if renal dysfunction |
Systemic corticosteroids | | – Effectively reduce acute pain, improve quality of life, and return patients more quickly to normal activities – Do not increase the risk of dissemination in immunocompetent persons – If not contraindicated, administer a tapering 3-week course of prednisone, starting..."
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