Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a multisystem disease that has caused a devastating global pandemic. The COVID-19 vaccine produced in response to the pandemic has been effective but can have side effects. One well-established condition is the reactivation of herpes zoster (HZ). Variou...

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Autores principales: Ismaili, Ameije, Anthony, Stefan, Clark, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10206606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37228567
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38040
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a multisystem disease that has caused a devastating global pandemic. The COVID-19 vaccine produced in response to the pandemic has been effective but can have side effects. One well-established condition is the reactivation of herpes zoster (HZ). Various risk factors increase the risk of HZ reactivation such as age, infections, and immunosuppressed states. HZ can have severe complications, including herpes zoster ophthalmicus and postherpetic neuralgia. Here, we present a unique case where a patient experienced HZ reactivation after both primary doses of the COVID-19 vaccine despite receiving early antiviral treatment.
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spelling pubmed-102066062023-05-24 Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication? Ismaili, Ameije Anthony, Stefan Clark, Jessica Cureus Dermatology Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a multisystem disease that has caused a devastating global pandemic. The COVID-19 vaccine produced in response to the pandemic has been effective but can have side effects. One well-established condition is the reactivation of herpes zoster (HZ). Various risk factors increase the risk of HZ reactivation such as age, infections, and immunosuppressed states. HZ can have severe complications, including herpes zoster ophthalmicus and postherpetic neuralgia. Here, we present a unique case where a patient experienced HZ reactivation after both primary doses of the COVID-19 vaccine despite receiving early antiviral treatment. Cureus 2023-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10206606/ /pubmed/37228567 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38040 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ismaili et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ismaili, Ameije
Anthony, Stefan
Clark, Jessica
Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?
title Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?
title_full Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?
title_fullStr Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?
title_full_unstemmed Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?
title_short Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Recrudescence of Herpes Zoster Virus While Taking Antiviral Medication?
title_sort can the covid-19 vaccine cause recrudescence of herpes zoster virus while taking antiviral medication?
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10206606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37228567
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38040
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