We next examined the prevalence of Ramsay Hunt syndrome or zoster sine herpete (VZV-induced facial paralysis) in relation to patient age. The prevalence of VZV-induced facial paralysis in 6- to 15 ...

In a recent study, the severity and duration of pain was worse in patients with zoster sine herpete (ZSH) than in those with herpes zoster (HZ). And patients with ZSH used more opioids.

Decades later, a declining VZV-specific host immunity [31] leads to virus reactivation, usually resulting in herpes zoster (also known as shingles), which is characterized by pain and rash ...

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For this reason, VZV serology is also helpful in atypical or clinically unclear cases of zoster, such as “herpes sine herpete,” where the typical blisters are lacking, or in zoster encephalitis.

She also specializes in professional staff development. Chickenpox (varicella-zoster) is a highly contagious virus that causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash that turns into blisters that ...

The trigonometric ratios sine, cosine and tangent are used to calculate angles and sides in right angled triangles. We are now going to extend trigonometry beyond right angled triangles and use it ...

The angles are labelled with capital letters. The opposite sides are labelled with lower case letters. Notice that an angle and its opposite side are the same letter. The sine rule is: \(\frac{a} ...