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• TITLE: The Current Treatment and Prevention of Post Herpetic Neuralgia

  AUTHORS: Simant Ankit, Tongxiang Zeng, Yangxin Chen, Hari Narayan Gupta, Kunal Shah, Xianwang Wang

  KEYWORDS: Post Herpetic Neuralgia, Current Treatment, Prevention

  JOURNAL NAME: Yangtze Medicine, Vol.2 No.1, March 27, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a chronic neuropathic pain syndrome in the area of the herpes zoster (HZ) rash, persisting after the cutaneous lesions have subsided. Despite numerous treatment advances, many patients remain refractory to the current therapies and continue to have pain, physical, economical and psychological distress. In this review, we will focus on the current treatment and prevention of PHN.