Pregabalin for postherpetic itch: a case report

BACKGROUND: Postherpetic itch has not commonly received attention as a complication of herpes zoster because pain predominates over itch in most patients with herpes zoster. Most cases of postherpetic itch are mild; however, cases of severe postherpetic itch reducing quality of life are rare. CASE P...

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Autores principales: Shimada, Nobuhiro, Niwa, Yasunori, Hotta, Kunihisa, Igarashi, Takashi, Takeuchi, Mamoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7090110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-020-00330-x
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author Shimada, Nobuhiro
Niwa, Yasunori
Hotta, Kunihisa
Igarashi, Takashi
Takeuchi, Mamoru
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description BACKGROUND: Postherpetic itch has not commonly received attention as a complication of herpes zoster because pain predominates over itch in most patients with herpes zoster. Most cases of postherpetic itch are mild; however, cases of severe postherpetic itch reducing quality of life are rare. CASE PRESENTATION: A 52-year-old woman complained of severe itch in her left pinna and cheek 1 month after the first onset of herpes zoster at the same site. Owing to her scratching, she developed ulcers on her left pinna and cheek. Pregabalin was prescribed, and the itch subsided immediately, with the ulcers disappearing within 1 month. DISCUSSION: Severe itch was thought to be caused by neural injury from herpes zoster. Pregabalin may be a useful treatment option for neuropathic itch induced by herpes zoster.
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spelling pubmed-70901102020-03-27 Pregabalin for postherpetic itch: a case report Shimada, Nobuhiro Niwa, Yasunori Hotta, Kunihisa Igarashi, Takashi Takeuchi, Mamoru JA Clin Rep Case Report BACKGROUND: Postherpetic itch has not commonly received attention as a complication of herpes zoster because pain predominates over itch in most patients with herpes zoster. Most cases of postherpetic itch are mild; however, cases of severe postherpetic itch reducing quality of life are rare. CASE PRESENTATION: A 52-year-old woman complained of severe itch in her left pinna and cheek 1 month after the first onset of herpes zoster at the same site. Owing to her scratching, she developed ulcers on her left pinna and cheek. Pregabalin was prescribed, and the itch subsided immediately, with the ulcers disappearing within 1 month. DISCUSSION: Severe itch was thought to be caused by neural injury from herpes zoster. Pregabalin may be a useful treatment option for neuropathic itch induced by herpes zoster. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7090110/ /pubmed/32206971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-020-00330-x Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7090110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206971
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