-Abstract-
Postherpetic neuralgia, the most feared complication of acute herpes zoster, may
agonize the pain clinician because the appropriate management of intractable pain can
fail inspite of various and prolonged therapeutic techniques.
Of all patients with herpes zoster. approximately 5∼10% will develop postherpetic
neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is very rare in young patient but very common in
patients over 60. In other words, the older, the higher incidence.
In our pain clinics, 13 postherpetic neuralgic patients were treated with sympathetic
blocks, local infiltration with local anesthetics and steroids, TEN 5, Laser and various
drugs including antiderpressant
The results of management of pain in 13 patents were as follows.
1. Excellent pain control :4(30.8% )
2. Good pain control :3(23.0%)
3. Fair pain control :2(15.4%)
4. No effect :4(30.8%)
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