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postherpetic neuralgia

postherpetic neuralgia Postherpetic neuralgia is ongoing nerve pain that can remain after shingles-related rashes and blisters have healed, often affecting the facial skin.

Postherpetic neuralgia is ongoing nerve pain that can remain after shingles-related rashes and blisters have healed, often affecting the facial skin. It results from activation of latent varicella-zoster virus and may follow herpes zoster involving the ear or eye.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Neuralgia, Postherpetic” (D051474).
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