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lüll A 70-year-old woman with shingles: review of herpes zoster Whitley RJJAMA 2009[Jul]; 302 (1): 73-80Herpes zoster is a common late complication of varicella-zoster virus exposure and can be further complicated by postherpetic neuralgia. Ms A is a 70-year-old woman with shingles and Ramsay-Hunt syndrome who presented to the emergency department with a few days of earache followed by pain in the back of her head. Using her case as a springboard, the diagnosis, natural history, and treatment of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in immunocompetent older adults are reviewed, in addition to the effectiveness of the herpes zoster vaccine.|*Herpes Zoster/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control[MESH]|Aged[MESH]|Analgesics/therapeutic use[MESH]|Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use[MESH]|Chickenpox Vaccine/immunology[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use[MESH]|Herpes Zoster Oticus[MESH]|Herpes Zoster Vaccine/administration & dosage/economics/immunology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Immunocompetence[MESH]|Neuralgia, Postherpetic/drug therapy[MESH] |